# Russia advocates only long-term settlement of Ukraine conflict, foreign ministry says

https://mins.news/en/item/49327

- TASS, 2026-09-08 07:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2183983

> Russia’s goal is a long-term settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, with a ceasefire serving only as a technical stage in a sequence of steps, Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik said. He accused Kyiv of seeking a pause to prepare for another escalation and called the appeal for a truce emotional manipulation.

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