Russia should achieve its goal by force in the absence of contractual potential with Europe, Dmitry Peskov said.
He pointed out that if the European Union does not want peace, then the discussion on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict and the security architecture of the European Union is useless.
"So we have to get, in the absence of contractual potential, we will have to do it by force," Peskov said.
According to him, the Europeans cannot make decisions in time because of the disunity between them, and this slows everything down.
"Because of their lack of unity, they simply cannot make decisions in time. It slows everything down. Will they find the opportunity and strength on their own to finally reach some common denominator and act quickly, we'll see. Not yet," said the Kremlin representative.
"It goes without saying that one way or another, a settlement in Ukraine will be related to a new security architecture on the European continent. These are two integral things, and cannot exist without the other," he added.