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Russia says US needs to formulate its stance on how to end the Ukraine conflict

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

06 February 2025 19:53 (UTC +04:00)

The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the United States needed to formulate its policy on ending the conflict in Ukraine and that Moscow could then base its own position on specific U.S. action, APA reports citing Reuters.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have not spoken by phone since Trump's inauguration, according to public statements from officials on both sides.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said separately that Moscow had heard many words and statements from Washington on Ukraine, but that for now there was no clarity on what exactly the U.S. envisaged when it came to trying to strike a deal to end the conflict there.

"As for the role or possible role of the United States in resolving the crisis around Ukraine, once again: everything will depend on concrete actions and on the plans of the new administration embodied in those actions," Zakharova told a news briefing in Moscow.

"For now, there are many words and many statements. (But) there is no clarity on the steps being taken (by the U.S.), so it would be premature to talk about the prospects for negotiations or anything at all in this context.

"As for Washington, they should probably formulate their policy and we will proceed ourselves based on their concrete steps and actions," she said.