Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in remarks published on Friday that he saw no objective signs that Ukraine or the West were ready for peace talks despite all their increasingly loud statements about the need for such talks.

"The intervention of NATO troops in Ukraine is categorically unacceptable for Russia, it will turn into uncontrolled escalation," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova claimed.

"Aw shucks, North Korea’s ally issuing ultimatums to NATO. Utter bulls**t," Tykhyi said during a briefing, according to the Foreign Ministry’s press service. “Moscow has no say here. Russia is waging an aggressive war in Europe.