Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - International Service: Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized in this press conference: Russia does not want a temporary ceasefire with Ukraine, but wants a lasting peace.

According to Putin, Russia's goal is to ensure its long-term security interests.

Putin clarified: "When we talk about some kind of peace process, we should not look for a one-week, two-week or one-year ceasefire process, so that during this time these NATO member countries that support Ukraine can rearm themselves and get new ammunition." save."

According to the Russian president, Moscow seeks to "reach the conditions of a stable, durable and long-term peace, which will provide equal security for all participants in this difficult process."

Putin said Russian officials "respect and understand the determination of our friends in the BRICS bloc and elsewhere to resolve the Ukraine crisis by peaceful means and as soon as possible."

He stated: "Moscow realizes that war is a disturbing element in international affairs, in European affairs, in the economy and in other areas as well. Unlike others, we seek to end this war as soon as possible and of course with peaceful measures.

According to Putin, Russia is ready to return to negotiations with Ukraine, but only negotiations based on the document prepared in the Istanbul process will take place at the end of March 2022, when the last meeting of the parties was held behind the negotiating table.

Last month, during negotiations in Turkey, the Russian president said that Kiev is willing to declare its military neutrality, limit its armed forces and stop discrimination against Russians, and in return, Moscow along with other major world powers will introduce security guarantees to Ukraine.

"This document was not implemented because the Ukrainians were ordered not to implement it because the elites of the United States and some European countries wanted to impose a strategic defeat on Russia," Putin said last month.

According to ISNA, last Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky unveiled his so-called "victory plan" for the war with Russia in a speech to the Ukrainian parliament. According to Zelensky, this plan does not include negotiations with Russia, but calls for the West to "strengthen Ukraine with the aim of reaching a diplomatic solution."

Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of the Kremlin, in response to this so-called victory plan of Zelensky, emphasized that this side is only a plan for the continuation of hostilities, and peace can only be achieved when the government of Kiev "comes to its senses" and the roots of the problem that led to the war.