MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - Moscow has reaffirmed its commitment to assist in searching for compromises restoring law and order in Ukraine.
"We shall be ready to further provide assistance to Ukrainians at their request to normalize the situation," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a commentary issued on Friday night.
"We are convinced that fateful processes in Ukraine such as the constitutional reform must be carried out with the political forces and regions fully involved, and the draft of this reform put to a nationwide referendum," the ministry said.
"Any form of mediation must be carried out with unconditional respect for Ukraine's sovereignty," the commentary said.