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Russia’s deputy overseas minister Alexander Grushko has reiterated the Kremlin’s place that Moscow is categorically towards the deployment of Nato observers to Ukraine.

Britain and France each have stated that they had been prepared to ship a peacekeeping drive to observe any ceasefire in Ukraine. Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese stated his nation was additionally open to requests.

“It does not matter under what label Nato contingents were to be deployed on Ukrainian territory: be it the European Union, Nato, or in a national capacity,” Mr Grushko stated.

“If they appear there, it means that they are deployed in the conflict zone with all the consequences for these contingents as parties to the conflict,” he stated.

The Russian official stated {that a} deployment of unarmed post-conflict observers could be mentioned solely as soon as a peace settlement is labored out.

“We can talk about unarmed observers, a civilian mission that would monitor the implementation of individual aspects of this agreement, or guarantee mechanisms,” Mr Grushko stated. “In the meantime, it’s just hot air.”

Russia will search “ironclad” ensures in any peace deal on Ukraine that Nato nations will exclude Kyiv from membership and that Ukraine will stay “neutral”, a Russian deputy overseas minister stated in remarks printed at this time.

Russia’s deputy overseas minister Alexander Grushko stated that any long-lasting peace treaty on Ukraine should meet Moscow’s calls for in a broad-ranging interview with the Russian media outlet Izvestia that made no reference to the US ceasefire proposal.

“We will demand that ironclad security guarantees become part of this agreement,” Izvestia cited Mr Grushko as saying.

“Part of these guarantees should be the neutral status of Ukraine, the refusal of Nato countries to accept it into the alliance,” he said.

Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, mayor of the Ukrainian capital said early on Monday.

Klitschko, in a post on the Telegram messaging app, said that Ukrainian air defence units were trying to repel the attack.

Reuters’ witnesses heard blasts in parts of the city in what sounded like air defence systems in operation.

Russia will seek guarantees that NATO countries will exclude Ukraine from membership and Ukraine will remain neutral in any peace deal, a Russian deputy foreign minister said in remarks published on Monday.

“We will demand that ironclad safety ensures turn out to be a part of this settlement,” Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told the Russian media outlet Izvestia.

“Part of those ensures ought to be the impartial standing of Ukraine, the refusal of NATO nations to just accept it into the alliance.”