“We will decisively hamper in the future attempts by the ‘war party’ in Kiev and its foreign sponsors to create provocations directed at disrupting all efforts in the peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian crisis,” Karasin said during a Federation Council meeting in Moscow.
Despite a ceasefire deal achieved between Ukraine's government and independence supporters in September, military confrontation between the warring parties is currently on the rise in the eastern regions of Ukraine. There have been several deadly shelling incidents in Ukraine's Donbas region, which led to mass civilian casualties.
Russia has repeatedly urged both Kiev and the representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics to continue with political dialogue and avoid escalating the conflict.
#Lavrov: We are witnessing attempts to derail the peace process in #Ukraine and futile attempts by Kiev to settle the issue by force
— MFA Russia (@mfa_russia) 26 января 2015
