“War ends when our demands are taken into account”, Kremlin says

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, questioned by reporters when the crisis will end, highlighted Russia's position and said he believes Ukraine is discussing Moscow's demands with the United States.

Russia has compiled concrete requests to Ukraine to resolve these issues. As far as we have come to understand, these requirements are being discussed between Ukraine and its advisers, first with the United States and European Union countries. Let's hope these are achieved. Then this will all end”, Peskov added.

Russian officials do not use the word "stop" and say Western media have failed to report in what they call the gygenocide" to Russian-speaking people east of Ukraine. The West has repeatedly denied such charges.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said special military operation in Ukraine is essential to ensure Russian security because the United States has increased NATO's presence near Russian borders, while they have backed Russian leaders in Kiev.

Ukraine says it is fighting for its existence until the United States and its European allies have condemned the Russian occupation, while China has called for calm.

“We, over the last eight years have been constantly trying to ask our Western colleagues to pressure Kiev- and force Kiev- to stop the killing of its own people in Donbas and to fulfill the Minsk agreement”, Peskov stressed.

Also, over the past few decades, our country has repeatedly repeated the voice that we are feeling threatened after you have put military infrastructure in our direction. We don't lie and we're in danger and we can't close our eyes to this fact. We asked them what you were doing about it? They had no answers.

We need to find a solution to these two questions. Russia has concrete demands on Ukraine to choose these issues”, Peskov added. / P ERISCOPIA