CIA director: the next six months will be critical for the conflict over Ukraine

He said this during a hearing in a congressional committee.

“I would say, in the context of intelligence, the next few months, four, five, six, will be critical on the battlefield in Ukraine,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia does not see any desire on the Ukrainian side to start a serious conversation on a settlement.

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that Washington does not want the end of the Ukrainian conflict and is doing everything to ensure that it continues.