Ukraine has stated Vladimir Putin “needs to come back to reality” in response to the Russian president’s declare that he’s prepared to barter.
On a day which noticed Russia launch rocket assaults on dozens of frontline cities, Mr Putin had informed state broadcaster Rossiya 1 that the Kremlin was “ready to negotiate with everyone involved about acceptable solutions”.
“But that is up to them – we are not the ones refusing to negotiate, they are,” he claimed.
Putin says Russia ‘prepared’ to barter – struggle newest
Ukrainian officers have dismissed Mr Putin’s feedback, because the Russian president’s forces spent Christmas Day bombarding greater than 25 cities alongside the Kupiansk-Lyman frontline, and almost 20 in Zaporizhzhia.
At least 10 rocket assaults additionally struck the Kupiansk district within the Kharkiv area.
Moscow claimed to have killed about 60 Ukrainian servicemen the day before today.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine‘s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, wrote on Twitter: “Putin needs to come back to reality.
“Russia single-handedly attacked Ukraine and is killing residents.
“There are no other ‘countries, motives, geopolitics’.
“Russia does not need negotiations, however tries to keep away from accountability.”
‘Russia has lost everything it could this year’
It is 10 months since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
And, with no serious peace talks for months, there is little end in sight.
Millions of people in Ukraine are without electricity, due to Russian attacks on the country’s infrastructure.
Mr Zelenskyy has warned his people that Moscow will try to make the last days of 2022 dark and difficult.
He said: “Russia has misplaced every part it may this 12 months.
“I know darkness will not prevent us from leading the occupiers to new defeats.
“But now we have to be prepared for any state of affairs.”
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‘Defending our nationwide pursuits’
Ukraine says it is not going to negotiate till each Russian soldier is gone from its territory, whereas Russia says it’s going to maintain combating till it achieves its goals.
Mr Putin stated on Sunday that he believes he’s “defending our national interests…protect(ing) our citizens”.
Mr Putin additionally blames Kyiv and its Western backers for a scarcity of progress on peace talks, however has made clear that any negotiations have to be on his phrases.
Ukraine says this is able to be unacceptable, as it will imply bowing to Russian calls for and accepting Mr Putin’s annexation of 4 Ukrainian areas.
‘Posturing’
The US State Department has not commented on Mr Putin’s newest talks provide, however after an identical speech from Russian international minister Sergei Lavrov in October, spokesman Ned Price dismissed Russia’s method as “posturing”.
“We do not see this as a constructive, legitimate offer to engage in the dialogue and diplomacy that is absolutely necessary to see an end to this brutal war of aggression,” he added.
Source: information.sky.com”
