Washington is also ready to follow Kiev on this issue.
The US State Department believes that Kiev is ready for peace talks if such an initiative comes from Moscow. It also said that Washington would follow Kiev on this issue.
In an interview with the ABC TV channel, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that it is Ukraine that should decide how the conflict should end. He added that Washington had not yet seen Russian leader Vladimir Putin's willingness to negotiate.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow had never refused the services of mediators to initiate peace talks.