MOSCOW, December 9. /TASS/. Attempts to artificially impose the "Korean model" of peace settlement in Ukraine are pointless, and other solutions are necessary, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in an interview for AFP.

"The attempts to impose one or another settlement model, including the Korean one, however successful it may seem, are just as pointless," she said, answering a question on potential ways to resolve the Ukrainian crisis. "What is needed here are entirely different solutions and, most importantly, once again, political will from those who provoked this conflict and continues to do everything for its constant and dangerous escalation."

According to Zakharova, Russia currently sees "no political will for peace, neither in Kiev, nor in the West."

"The legal self-ban on negotiations with Russian authorities, imposed by Vladimir Zelensky on September 30, 2022, remain in effect. Kiev rejects peace mediation initiatives, presented by various countries in the recent months," the diplomat noted. "Meanwhile, the so-called peace formula, proposed by the Ukrainian president in November of 2022, and presented as the only possible basis for settlement, in reality has nothing to do with peace, and instead comprises a set of ultimatums for Russia, which justify further hostilities.".