The President of the Russian Federation announced Russia's willingness to negotiate with Ukraine.

The President of the Russian Federation announced Russia's willingness to negotiate with Ukraine.

Russia is ready to resolve the difficult situation with Ukraine and is ready to negotiate with it, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. "We are still ready to negotiate and look for solutions to this difficult and difficult situation in the sense that these are people very close to us, you know," Putin said in an interview with Vesti journalist Pavel Zarubin. "What can I say, the latest genetic studies show that it is actually one people - Russians and Ukrainians.