The Russian leader maintains that “we have not refused to hold peace talks”
In a meeting this Thursday with the spokesmen of the different parliamentary fractions of the Duma (Lower House of the Russian Parliament), President Vladimir Putin, challenged the West to continue arming Ukraine, assured that the war has not yet started “seriously” and warned that the longer kyiv takes to accept the capitulation, the more difficult it will be to stop the war and reach an agreement.
“We heard that they want to defeat us on the battlefield, what can I say? Well, let them try,” Putin launched before the legislators. In his words, “The West wants to fight to the last Ukrainian. That is a tragedy for the Ukrainian people, but everything to move in that direction.” The top Russian leader warned that “everyone should know that, in general, we have not yet started anything serious.”
At the same time, Putin assured that “we have not refused to hold peace talks, but those who refuse to do so should know that the longer it takes to undertake them, the more difficult it will be for them to negotiate with us.” According to the Russian president, «the attempts of the West to impose a new world order are doomed to failure (…) they tell us that we started a war in Donbass, in Ukraine. No. It was triggered by the West by organizing and supporting the unconstitutional coup in Ukraine in 2014. They are directly responsible for what is happening. He reiterated once again that the current “operation” underway in the neighboring country “will undoubtedly continue until it achieves its military objectives.”
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