The Kremlin said on Saturday that the
West
has reacted unconstructively to Russian President Vladimir
Putin
's proposals for a new security architecture and peace talks with Ukraine. "There is a lot of it, a huge amount of it - official
reaction
, official statements. Of an unconstructive nature," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has been quoted as saying.
Putin set out on Friday what he said were Russia's preconditions for starting peace talks with Ukraine, saying
Russia
would end the war only if Kyiv agreed to drop its Nato ambitions and hand over four provinces claimed by Moscow - demands Kyiv swiftly rejected as tantamount to surrender.