Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow is ready for talks at "any moment" with Ukraine once the Ukrainian military responds positively to President Vladimir Putin`s call, end their resistance and lay down their arms. Lavrov also said that Russia`s military operation in Ukraine aims to "demilitarise and denazify" the East European country and no one is going to occupy it.

The Russian top diplomat made the remarks following talks with Deputy Foreign Minister of the Donetsk People`s Republic (DPR) Sergey Peresada and Foreign Minister of the Lugansk People`s Republic (LPR) Vladislav Deinego, the state-run TASS news agency reported. President Putin signed treaties with leaders of DPR and LPR on February 21, recognising the two regions of Ukraine as independent.