Medvedev spells out Russia’s conditions for peace with Ukraine

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This came as Russia launched a devastating attack on Ukraine that killed six people and damaged a key bridge in Kiev.

Speaking to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on Saturday, Mr Medvedev said the conditions toward a Ukraine peace settlement are “well-known,” adding that they “were first outlined by our country’s President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with senior officials of the Russian Foreign Ministry.”

Ukraine will need to embrace a neutral, non-nuclear status, reject its nationalist policy course and recognise the four new Russian regions to achieve a long-lasting political settlement, he said: “These primarily include a neutral, non-nuclear and independent status for Ukraine.

“Secondly, the current Ukrainian regime will need to abandon its nationalist course and its ban on all things Russian,” Mr Medvedev continued.

“And thirdly, what is enshrined in Russia’s Constitution should be transferred over to Russian jurisdiction, namely lands in Donbass and some other new regions. That is Russian sovereignty [over those lands] should be restored,” he added.

Mr Medvedev said these steps could underpin a diplomatic settlement process. “If this does not happen, we will do it militarily,” he warned.

Meanwhile, Russian attacks in Ukraine on Saturday killed at least six people and damaged Kiev’s key Northern Bridge, suspending traffic and causing tailbacks for a third day.

The strike came after two days of Russian assaults forced the closure of three of Kiev’s six road bridges over the Dnipro River.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that it would continue to carry out “mass retaliatory strikes” on Kiev and other Ukrainian cities, urging foreign nationals and diplomats to leave the country.

Kiev’s mayor Vitalii Klitschko said the strike on the bridge damaged the road surface and trolleybus cables, forcing traffic to be suspended.

He later said two people were wounded in the attack, one of whom was briefly hospitalised.