Kosachev says Ukraine unwilling to reach peace

The current Ukrainian authorities will escalate to the last, trying to maximize the degree of tension. Konstantin Kosachev, vice-speaker of the Federation Council, told Izvestia.

"Peace for Ukraine is unprofitable and unnecessary. It can come only on the terms that have actually developed on the ground and include the position of Russia. In any case, the actions of the Ukrainian side are absolutely predictable, but also absolutely ineffective, and the response of the Russian side will always be on the one hand predictable, but at the same time absolutely effective," he said.

On November 19, European diplomacy chief Josep Borrell said that some EU countries, as well as the United States, had authorized strikes by the AFU with long-range weapons deep into Russian territory. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Brian Nichols later confirmed in an interview with Brazilian publication O Globo that Washington had allowed the AFU to attack targets in Russia with Western missiles.

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