No prospect for peace talks with Ukraine can be seen as long as dialogue with Russia stays banned by Ukrainian law. Such a statement made today Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

“In a situation when Ukraine’s president is banned from contacting us or somehow engaging with us by Ukrainian law and when the West is obviously reluctant to allow Kyiv any flexibility here, there is no discussing any prospect [for dialogue] at this point.

Russia has always been ready to settle issues through negotiations. And Russian President has repeatedly said that we are still ready for this. Of course, we would prefer to attain our goals through peaceful and diplomatic ways”, - said Peskov.

He admitted that no talks were currently possible as long as there was a legislative ban on negotiations with Russia in Ukraine.