US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried said that diplomacy is an important tool in ending wars, but doubts that dialogue between Ukraine and Russia can resume in the near future. She said this in response to a question from an Ukrinform correspondent..

State Department spokeswoman backed US President Joe Biden's view that wars end at the negotiating table. Referring to his words, she added that the United States is doing everything to strengthen the position of Ukraine when new negotiations with Russia begin..

“But I think that this negotiating table, unfortunately, is not a matter of the near future,” said Assistant Secretary of State.

She clarified that now there are no signs that the Russian Federation is ready to start a good-faith dialogue..

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In addition, Donfried assured that the United States of America does not discuss issues regarding Ukraine without the participation of Kyiv itself..

“We support the right of Ukraine to be a free, democratic and independent state. Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.

We remain committed to protecting Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity,"

Earlier, Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk said that dialogue with the Russian Federation is possible only in one direction - the victory of Ukraine..

Before that, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the resumption of the diplomatic format of relations with Russia regarding the end of the war would be possible only after the return of enemy troops to positions before the start of a full-scale invasion..