Italy hopes Russia will accept peace before total destruction of Ukraine

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Friday stated he hoped Russia will settle for to sit down at a peace desk earlier than the overall destruction of Ukraine.

“The easiest way to point out that you really want peace is to stop hostilities and sit on the desk. In the event you do not do that it means that you’re hoping to achieve floor. Sooner or later a peace desk will certainly come, however let’s hope it comes earlier than the overall destruction of Ukraine,” he instructed a information convention in Brussels.

Draghi stated he’s planning talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the continued disaster in Ukraine.

(Reporting by Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte; and Leslie Adler)