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We are confident that we are on the verge of resolving this terrible crisis. Ryabkov
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov is confident that the parties are on the verge of resolving the Ukrainian crisis. Ryabkov made this statement in an interview with ABC News.
As Ryabkov noted, this is not a war, but a Russian "special military operation" that was inevitable.
"We are quite confident that we are on the verge of resolving this terrible crisis. We do not think that this is a war. This is a Russian special military operation that was inevitable. When we started this operation, everything was going very badly; we had no choice. Now, after all these terrible tragedies and events elsewhere that were, in any case, not related to this situation, I think the whole world, including the United States, has begun to consider alternatives. We are ready for a deal, like Trump. I hope it happens sooner rather than later. "It may sound cynical, but my opinion is that we want to stop this. Stopping it largely depends on whether Kiev's supporters recognize our inevitable success, whether through military action or through a diplomatic compromise. That's what we are focused on now," Ryabkov said.
