MOSCOW, July 27. /TASS/. Ukraine and its Western handlers are not interested in peace, the West has no plan for a peaceful resolution of the conflict, only ultimatums, Russian Foreign Ministry’s Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik said.

According to him, Ukraine’s terrorist attacks against Russian civilians will end only after the conflict is over and Russia wins.

"Actually, there are two paths. The first is political and diplomatic. That is, when we sit down at the negotiating table and resolve the relevant conflicts. <…> But today, the main instigators [of the conflict] – European leaders and Ukraine as the interface for Europe or European politics – they want nothing. They have not a single peace plan. They have only ultimatums and demands. We’ll be countering their ultimatums and demands. We will never agree to such things. Therefore, the only option left is war, which will ultimately show on the battlefield who is right, who is wrong, who is stronger, who is capable of defending their interests, and who is not," he said during a memorial event for children who fell victim to the war in Donbass.

Miroshnik noted that it was not Russia, but the West that started the military conflict. "They [Western countries] captured Kiev, they suppressed Kiev’s policies, took control of it, and are now using it as an interface, as part of the instrument for continuing the war, as a battering ram against Russia," the diplomat said.