Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused Ukrainian authorities of stalling peace talks and said that Moscow was ready to search for solutions, news agency AFP quoted Kremlin after Putin"s call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, writes The Free Press Journal.

“It was noted that the Kyiv regime is attempting in every possible way to delay the negotiation process, putting forward more and more unrealistic proposals”, - the Kremlin said after the phone call between the two.

“Nevertheless, the Russian side is ready to continue to search for solutions in line with its well-known principled approaches”, - it further added.

The German Chancellor has called for a ceasefire in Ukraine during a phone call with the Russian President earlier in the day, a German government spokesperson said.

According to his spokesman, the telephonic conversation between the two leaders that lasted for nearly one hour, Scholz pressed Putin to make progress in finding a diplomatic solution and told him the humanitarian situation needed to improve.