Kremlin says Zelenskiy's 'no Minsk 3' comment confirms Kyiv's unwillingness to negotiate - Yahoo News

LONDON (Reuters) - Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said connected Tuesday that Volodymyr Zelenskiy's connection that determination volition beryllium nary "Minsk 3" woody to extremity the warring successful Ukraine confirms that Kyiv is not funny successful holding bid talks with Moscow, the RIA Novosti quality bureau reported.

Speaking via video nexus to the G20 acme successful Bali, the Ukrainian president connected Tuesday ruled retired a 3rd "Minsk agreement", a notation to 2 failed ceasefire deals betwixt Kyiv and Moscow implicit the presumption of the eastbound Donbas region.

"We volition not let Russia to wait, physique up its forces, and past commencement a caller bid of panic and planetary destabilisation. There volition beryllium nary Minsk 3, which Russia volition interruption instantly aft the agreement," Zelenskiy said.

Asked connected Tuesday whether the connection confirms that Kyiv is unwilling to negociate with Russia, Peskov told the state-run RIA Novosti quality agency: "Absolutely."

Peace talks betwixt the 2 sides person been scant successful caller months, pursuing a breakdown of aboriginal attempts to broker a ceasefire successful Istanbul during the archetypal weeks of the war.

Germany and France brokered the archetypal Minsk agreements - signed successful 2014 and 2015 - for ceasefires successful eastbound Ukraine amid a warfare betwixt Russian-backed separatists and Kyiv. Both sides accused each different of violating the deal.

(Reporting by Reuters; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)