Russia will declare ceasefire if Kyiv recognises Crimea as Russian, independence of Donetsk and Luhansk

Russia will declare an immediate ceasefire if Ukraine recognises Crimea as Russian territory and the breakaway regions in the country's east, Donetsk and Luhansk, as independent states.

In an interview with Reuters, Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said: "Russia has told Ukraine that it is ready to stop the military operations if Kyiv meets its list of conditions."

That list also included a stop to all military action and enshrining neutrality in its constitution, with the latter meaning a rejection of any aim to enter any bloc.

Peskov added that Kyiv was aware of those conditions and that Moscow was not pursuing any further territorial claims, nor the hand over of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.

"And they were told that all of this could be brought to an end in a split second."

"We really are finishing the demilitarisation of Ukraine. We will finish it. But the main thing is that Ukraine ceases its military action. They should stop their military action and then no one will shoot."