MOSCOW - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Russia will not make any concessions on the Donbas region or Crimea, and these are not up for discussion, Russian media reported on Tuesday.

According to the reports, Ryabkov told US news outlet ABC in a recent interview that Moscow will not agree to the deployment of Western troops in Ukraine in any form.

Ryabkov noted that reaching a truly sustainable solution to the Ukraine crisis and addressing the root causes of the conflict would take a long time and be very difficult.

He added that there are obvious differences among the parties over possible solutions, and that the Russian side is willing to make efforts to overcome these differences. 

Denmark's military aid for Ukraine

The Danish government on Tuesday presented its 29th military donation package to Ukraine, valued at approximately 1.7 billion Danish kroner ($267 million), according to the Danish Ministry of Defense.

Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen announced the new package during an online meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group. The new package is subject to final approval by the Finance Committee of the Danish parliament.

In addition to the donation, the defense minister also announced that Denmark is ready to contribute to a 10th weapons package under the "Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List" initiative. (1 Danish krone = 0.158 U.S. dollar)