He wrote about this on his Twitter account.

"This will be a great defeat for the Western world," Podolyak writes.

According to him, there can be no peace talks at the moment, and "the status quo must change on the battlefield." He called on the West to supply Ukraine with more missiles, weapons and aircraft.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Kiev, at the behest of Washington, refused to negotiate with Moscow, which it itself initiated.

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev noted that Ukraine is in the half-life stage. In his opinion, negotiations with her are not yet needed, "the enemy must crawl on his knees, begging for mercy."