MOSCOW

Moscow has not yet seen adjusted versions of US proposals for resolving the conflict in Ukraine following Washington's consultations with Kyiv, Russian presidential aide for foreign policy Yury Ushakov said on Friday.

Speaking at a press briefing in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Ushakov said all working negotiations are being held with Ukraine, not Russia.

"There is an active brainstorming session. We have not seen corrected versions of American proposals," he said.

Ushakov believes Moscow may disagree with many aspects of the US peace plan modified after contacts with Kyiv.

"We haven’t seen the corrected versions of American proposals. When we do, there may be many things we won't like. What the Americans coordinate with Europeans and Ukrainians should be shown to us,” Ushakov emphasized.

According to him, the goal of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said the original 28-point plan has now been reduced to 20, in negotiations with Europe is "to introduce proposals unacceptable to Russia" into US documents.

“We have not yet seen these documents, which are currently being compiled, taking into account the observations of Europeans and Ukrainians, but it is unlikely that these observations will be of a positive nature,” he said.

Regarding Zelenskyy's proposal for a territorial referendum, Ushakov said: "Donbass is Russian. The entire Donbass is Russian as stipulated in the Constitution of the Russian Federation."

He also agreed with a suggestion alleging that Zelenskyy might view the upcoming presidential election in Ukraine as an opportunity to achieve a temporary ceasefire.