Russia will ask Ukraine to make more concises on de numberimization - RT reported.
Leonid Slutsky, a member of the Russian negotiating team, warned that Moscow would make more drastic demands if and when negotiations on a peaceful resolution of the Ukrainian conflict were resumed.
Today, our conditions will be more difficult regarding de-militarization; tougher in both nature and implementation time frameworks, said at a press conference on July 19.
However, the lawmaker pointed out that currently "Kiev is not interested in resuming negotiations".
Earlier, on July 18, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov also mentioned the possibility of resuming negotiations with Ukraine, saying that Russia's demands would be "different" if the two sides sat down to negotiate now.
However, like Slutsky, Ushakov admitted that nevertheless, Kiev and Western countries supporting Ukraine in the conflict are not concerned about this issue.
The peace process has been delayed by Ukraine after the latest round of talks, which took place in Istanbul, Turkey at the end of March. Ushakov said that since then, the Ukrainian delegation has not maintained any contact with Russia.
Moscow initially expressed optimism about the outcome of negotiations in Turkey's largest city, but later accused Kiev of turning its back on all the progress it had made there, saying Russia had lost all confidence in Ukrainian negotiators.
In an interview with Forbes on July 18, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba stressed that Kiev will only resume negotiations after Moscow "failed on the battlefield".
Otherwise, it would be the language of the superstitious, he explained.
According to Foreign Minister Kuleba, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky did not rule out the "possible possibility of negotiations", but believes that "there is no reason" for that at the moment.
Despite Russian forces gradually taking up a position in Donbass, Ukraine's top negotiator, David Arakhamia, said last month that Kiev could achieve a "favorable position" on the frontline by the end of August after conducting "c counter-offensive operations in certain areas".
On July 17, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev affirmed that Russia will achieve all the goals of the military campaign in Ukraine. Medvedev did not specify when the operation would end. President Vladimir Putin has talked about this many times, there are some scenarios for how military campaigns will take place, Medvedev explained.
Russia-Ukraine negotiations came just four days after Russia launched a military campaign on February 24. The sides held several face-to-face meetings in Belarus and then continued online negotiations.
At the end of March, delegations from Russia and Ukraine met again in Istanbul, Turkey. However, negotiations have since been completely stalled. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia had provided Ukraine with a draft deal but Kiev ignored it.
Mr. Peskov previously accused the US and its allies of deliberately trying to prolong the war and not allowing Ukraine to think as it says, or discuss peace.
Moscow has also warned the West not to supply weapons to Ukraine, saying this would only prolong the conflict and cause unnecessary casualties without changing the outcome.
