United States President Barack Obama has slammed Russia on Wednesday during the United Nations General Assembly regarding the attacks on Ukraine, but said sanctions could be lifted if Moscow would sort a peace deal with Kiev.

President Obama said that Russia is on the wrong side of history in battling Ukraine and supporting the separatists. He said the cease-fire between Kiev and Moscow this has been already a window to put an end to the five-month long war, but Russia continued to send troops.

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Obama added that the advances of Russia were likened to big nations trying to seize smaller countries, just to expand their territories. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was reportedly in the meeting.

Despite Obama's rhetorics against Russia's attacks, he said the U.S. is willing to lift sanctions and will welcome the country to address common challenges referencing other wars that are currently happening.

However, Lavrov said in a statement that the sanctions that the U.S. imposed its own business, but what is happening in the Ukraine is not American's business.

This offer has come a day after the pro-Russian separatists announced their plans that they will be setting up their own parliament during the polls on November 2.

Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has initially offered separatists limited self-rule, but the pro-Russian rebels brushed off Poroshenko's suggestion.

Poroshenko's offer of self-rule was intended to suppress the revolution that has been devastating the ex-Soviet nation for months now. The revolution has affected the country's economy and has revived the feud between Moscow and Western countries.

The war between Kiev and the separatists have resulted in the deaths of more than 3,200 people.

Sources say that the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk will also be talking at the UN General Assembly and is said to focus on arms sales and direct support for Ukraine in battling Russia.

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