Russia sees "no desire on the part of Ukraine" to try to find a legitimate and balanced solution to the problems between the two countries, Gennady Gatilov, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, told Lebanese television in an interview aired yesterday.

Gatilov (above) said Russia "supports diplomacy based on respect for the positions of all countries and equality, but for now, we don't see that", the Russian news agency RIA quoted him as saying in the interview.

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators...