Russia does not see Ukraine as being ready to end the conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference on the results of the year, APA's Moscow correspondent reports.
He stated that Moscow is ready for and seeks a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Ukraine.
Putin also noted that Ukrainian forces are retreating along all fronts.
The Russian president said that Krasnyi Lyman would be captured soon and that the advance would continue toward Sloviansk.