Former Russian President Dmytro Medvedev said on Friday that Moscow will not end its military campaign in Ukraine even if Kyiv formally abandons its aspirations to join NATO, Reuters reported.

Medvedev, currently the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, also said in an interview with French television that Russia is ready to negotiate with Volodymyr Zelensky under certain conditions.

Even before the February invasion, Moscow made it clear that Ukraine’s accession to NATO was unacceptable to it.

“The refusal to participate in the North Atlantic Alliance is now important, but it is no longer enough to establish peace,” Medvedev said on the air of the LCI TV channel, according to Russian news agencies.

According to him, Russia will continue the campaign until the set goals are achieved.

Russia and Ukraine have held several rounds of talks since the invasion began, but no progress has been made and there is little chance of a recovery.

“These (negotiations) depend on how events will develop. We were ready for a meeting (with Zelenskyi),” Medvedev said.

He also noted that American weapons that are already being delivered to Ukraine, such as the HIMARS rocket launcher systems, do not yet pose a significant threat.

But that could change, he said, if weapons sent by the U.S. could hit targets at long distances.

“That means when that missile flies 70 km, that’s one thing,” he said.

“But when (the range) is 300-400 km, that’s different, now it would be a direct threat to the territory of the Russian Federation,” he added.