President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during a speech before PACE deputies, announced that he does not consider diplomacy with Russia possible under the current conditions.

"Diplomacy is the most powerful tool when weapons do not work. There can be no diplomacy with Russia today. There can be no such diplomacy as there used to be. There can be no respect for the leadership that kills, captures, does not respect international law," Zelenskyy said.

He emphasised that there cannot be such a situation when the leading European states and the world support the territorial integrity of Ukraine and isolate Russia, while "some states keep talking as if nothing is happening".

"Therefore, it seems to me that today diplomatic isolation of Russia is an important way to apply pressure", the president said, adding that Russians should know that this war is happening in Ukraine because of the leadership they elected.

During the speech, Zelenskyy also called for sanctions against the Russian Federation, which would result in Russia seeing zero on its energy bills.

As is well-known, Hungary is hindering Russia's international isolation. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó visited Moscow on Wednesday for the second time since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.