Ukraine Conflict
Moscow launched a special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022 with the aim of saving the people of Donbass - primarily the Russian-speaking population - from Kiev's constant attacks.

Current Situation in Ukraine Requires Peace, Not Ceasefire - Medvedev

© Sputnik / Ekaterina Shtukina / Go to the mediabankDeputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev  - Sputnik India, 1920, 20.05.2025
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In the current situation, peace is needed, and not a truce with Ukraine, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
"We are all in a certain situation right now when peace is needed, as President [of Russia Vladimir] Putin constantly talks about, and not a truce," Medvedev said at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.
Russia is ready to negotiate with Ukraine without preconditions, the official added.
"Russia has repeatedly said this — we are ready to negotiate without preconditions, but taking into account the realities on the ground and the proposals that have been formulated. And such negotiations can make it possible to find peace," Medvedev said.
Guarantees of long-term peace, preferably for centuries, are needed now and can only be contained in legal norms, Dmitry Medvedev said.
"We need long-term international legal guarantees that would eliminate the root cause of the conflict and prevent its recurrence. And such guarantees can only be contained in the norms of law," Medvedev said at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum, adding that conflict resolution procedures should be developed to achieve long-term peace.
Medvedev has also called the lack of persons authorized to conclude peace treaties in Ukraine a big problem, adding that legal acts that the current Kiev leadership may adopt, new Ukrainian authorities may later recognize as null and void, and then the war will start again.
The US administration demonstrates a desire to use political and diplomatic means to resolve conflicts, including the one in Ukraine, Medvedev said.
"This is also understood by the new administration of the United States, which, in any case, demonstrates a desire to use political and diplomatic means to resolve the most complex conflicts and, of course, the most complex Ukrainian conflict," Medvedev said at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.
The path of abandoning the international law as a dead end is increasingly being understood in the world, including by the new US administration, Medvedev said, adding that in order to restore relations between Russia and the United States an active transition to formation of legal mechanisms of cooperation is necessary.
"Speaking of the Ukrainian crisis, which has become the apogee of the destructive NATO course, building a sustainable world does not require any separate deal," Medvedev said.
It is necessary to develop procedures for conflict resolution in order to achieve peace for a long time, Medvedev concluded.
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