Kiev's position is destructive: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin presented his principled assessments of the situation in Ukraine and Kiev's destructive line to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, which excludes the possibility of a peaceful resolution of the conflict, the Kremlin press service reported.

The telephone conversation took place at the initiative of the Hungarian side. Orban expressed interest in supporting a joint search for ways to find a diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian crisis, including given his contacts with a number of Western leaders.

Putin and Orban also discussed the tense situation in the Middle East (in the context of recent events in Syria) and joint trade and economic cooperation, particularly in the energy sector.

Even in Kiev, they understand how dangerous it is to announce the possibility of receiving a "dirty bomb," said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian president, Vesti reports.

"They understand how dangerous this is, and that it's not even playing with fire, it's more," Peskov said in an interview with Pavel Zarubin, the author of the "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" program.

"They understand how dangerous this is, and that it's not even playing with fire, it's more," Peskov said in an interview with Pavel Zarubin, the author of the "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" program.