Senior Russian Official Says The Kremlin Is Looking For A Way To End The War

Russian President Vladimir Putin (from right) and Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev arrive for a meeting with security and intelligence chiefs in 2017. POOL/AFP  

Ukrayinska Pravda: Patrushev says Russia wants to reach agreement with Ukraine as soon as possible 

Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, has stated that the Russian leadership is interested in reaching political and diplomatic agreements with Ukraine as soon as possible.  

Source: Russian state news agency TASS, citing Patrushev's speech at a meeting of high-level representatives of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa).  

Quote from Patrushev: "Russia is interested in reaching political and diplomatic agreements as soon as possible which would allow the cessation of hostilities. However, the talks between Moscow and Kyiv have currently been put on hold by the Ukrainian side."  

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Update: Russian official claims Moscow is looking to end the war (The New Voice of Ukraine)  

WNU Editor: Other Kremlin officials are saying the same thing. From Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova .... Russia Claims U.S. Ordered Ukraine to Stop Peace Talks (Newsweek), and from Russia's lead negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky .... Russia says ready for peace talks, blames Kyiv for stalling - Interfax (Reuters). 

As to what is my take on the possibility of talks in the future. There is no common ground between the two sides. From my perspective this is a conflict that show no signs of ending.