17 minutes agoPutin: Russia to continue military action in Ukraine until full end of targets
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Russia will continue with its military action in Ukraine until its goals are met, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. In a rare public presentation at the Vostochny cosmodrom in the Far East of Russia, the head of the Kremlin said the military operation will continue until its complete conclusion [...]
In a rare public presentation at the Vostochny cosm in Russia's Far East, the head of the Kremlin said the military operation will continue until its complete completion and the fulfillment of the tasks that have been imposed, writes Skynews.
Putin went on to say Russia's campaign was going according to plan and was not moving faster because Russia wanted to downplay losses.
He also confirmed that Ukraine withdrew from proposals made during talks with Russian negotiators in Istanbul, resulting in a deadlock of talks and leaving Moscow with other solutions but to continue with its offensive.
During the Russian leader's speech, which came after he met with his Belarusn counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, he also said Western countries had launched a <x0 total war of sanctions against Russia and Belarus”.
He said that “any attempts to prevent our development” or “artificially isolate us from the global economy” were the useless “”, adding that Russia and Belarus were the closely linked “.
