What Russia needs in Ukraine is not a "temporary" ceasefire, but rather "full" peace. This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
"Moscow still sees no preconditions for negotiations with Kiev, as Ukraine avoids them," he noted, but assured that Russia is open to negotiations, as it considers them "possible and necessary".
Regarding newly elected President of the United States Donald Trump and his comments on the dangers of Ukraine using Western-supplied ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory, Peskov pointed out that his statement "fully coincides" with Moscow's position.
He said that Trump's statement was consistent with "our vision of the reasons for the escalation". It attracts us, Peskov summarized.
However, the Kremlin spokesman specified that it was too early to say whether the future US president would revoke the authorization to use long-range weapons.
In response to Ukraine's use of ATACMS, the Kremlin launched a demonstrative retaliatory strike on the Dnipro with a new "Oreshnik" missile.
On December 11, the Russian Defense Ministry announced a new attack with six ATACMS missiles on a military airfield in Taganrog.