"The main thing currently holding back the settlement process is the pause that has arisen due to the Ukrainian side's reluctance to pursue a political and diplomatic settlement and the Europeans' provocation of the Kiev regime to continue further military action, which is only worsening the Ukrainian side's situation with each passing day," Peskov told reporters.
There is no point in talking about mutual trust between Russia and Ukraine, the spokesman also said, adding that the lack of such trust is evident.