Kyiv is not ready to discuss solutions that would bring lasting peace, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of the Secretaries of the Security Councils of CIS countries, APA's Moscow bureau reports.
According to him, Ukraine and its European sponsors are preparing not for peace, but for the continuation of the war.
Shoigu emphasized that the militarization of Europe continues, and provocations regularly occur in areas bordering Russia.
The Secretary of the Russian Security Council noted that NATO's military infrastructure in Poland and the Baltic states is being systematically modernized and expanded.
"The West creates instability around the world, but it does not succeed everywhere," he said.