Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin has said Moscow is ready to discuss the idea of introducing temporary external administration in Ukraine under United Nations auspices once the conflict ends.

He recalled that the concept itself is not new. Galuzin pointed out that back in March 2025, President Vladimir Putin described the establishment of an external administration in Ukraine under UN authority as one of the possible post-conflict scenarios.

According to the diplomat, similar arrangements have already been used in the framework of UN peacekeeping missions. He added that Russia does not rule out talks with the United States, the European Union and other countries on creating a temporary international administration in Ukraine.

Galuzin argued that such a format could make it possible to hold democratic elections on Ukrainian territory and bring in a capable government, with which a full-fledged peace treaty and legally binding agreements on future inter-state cooperation could be signed.

At the same time, he stressed that the UN has no unified, codified mechanism for setting up temporary international administrations in conflict-affected territories. Galuzin referred to existing precedents in Eastern Slavonia, Baranya and Western Srem, as well as in East Timor and Cambodia. He noted that transferring territory under temporary UN administration is usually a multi-stage process that requires meeting a number of conditions.