Russia rules out any possibility of 'freezing' the war in Ukraine without first addressing what Moscow calls the 'root causes' of the conflict. This was stated to Tass by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin, while the United States is working on a possible relaunch

"Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated that no 'freeze' is possible without eliminating the root causes of this crisis," Mikhail Galuzin emphasized

As part of a potential peace agreement, Kyiv has repeatedly proposed freezing the conflict along current front lines.