Interfax: Russia ready for compromises with Ukraine but expects West to push Kyiv for dialogue with southeast – Moscow

MOSCOW. May 8 (Interfax) – Russia is ready to take its part honestly and consistently to search for compromises regarding foreign assistance measures to resolve the domestic crisis in Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

“But our Western partners should fulfill their obligations and ensure the Kyiv authorities stop dealing solely with the attempts to make themselves legitimate and start agreeing with their opponents on how to overcome the deepest crisis of Ukrainian statehood on the basis acceptable for all parts of the country,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement regarding the proposals of the Swiss chairmanship in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.