Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to the head of the President's Office of Ukraine, said that Kyiv's position during the negotiations with Russia is understandable and consists in a ceasefire and the withdrawal of all Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine.

On the air of the Current Time television channel, Arestovych said that in accordance with international conventions, including the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the course of negotiations is not covered until the parties express a common communiqué.

"Let us not violate. Our position is approximately clear: no conditions and ultimatums," Arestovych was quoted by the publication on Monday.

According to the adviser to the head of the President's Office, for the first time Kyiv refused to participate in the negotiations due to the fact that the Russian side wanted to come "from the outside: you capitulate there, and then we will talk to you."

"We laughed heartily at the office and the first time they refused to negotiate. When they asked for the second time, and the very fact that they ask us first for negotiations, says a lot, from my point of view, and promised to remove the preconditions, we agreed," the adviser to the head of the President's Office said.

He said the conditions of Ukraine are clear - a ceasefire and the withdrawal of all Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine, and "this is on the table from the Ukrainian side."

Answering clarifying questions from the presenter, Arestovych said that it was, among other things, about the withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory of Crimea and Donbas. "All troops from the territory of Ukraine. They will bury everyone anyway, so it is better to leave voluntarily. You have no idea what is going on here. We have more than 100,000 reservists lined up in a day," he said.