"What we can do is to create the conditions for the negotiation process and participate in it as mediators and guarantors of the agreements reached. That is what we can, want, and will do if our partners in Kyiv want it," RIA Novosti quoted Putin as saying.
UNIAN: Putin says ready to become “guarantor of agreements” between Kyiv, militants

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a press conference at the end of the G20 Leaders Summit in Hangzhou on September 5, 2016. (Alexei Druzhinin/ Sputnik/ AFP)