Russian chief, Vladimir Putin has said that peace talks with Ukraine is ‘useless’
In line with Putin, with no deal acceptable to Russia, his forces would proceed their offensive towards Ukraine .
Putin’s assertion on Tuesday, April 12 comes as Russian forces bombarded Ukrainian military positions and residential areas within the nation’s east and unleashed new rocket assaults.
In his first feedback on the battle in virtually a month, Putin stated that peace talks had stalled after what he known as a “faux” state of affairs in Bucha, a city outdoors of Kyiv the place Ukrainian officers reported the invention of a number of hundred dead civilians this month after Russian troops retreated.
Ukrainian and Western officers are pursuing investigations into potential battle crimes dedicated in Bucha and in different formerly Russian-held cities in northern Ukraine earlier than Moscow’s withdrawal on the end of March.
Ukrainian authorities are additionally investigating allegations by Ukrainian forces that they got here under a Russian chemical assault in Mariupol, the place Russia remains to be preventing to consolidate features.
Putin additionally stated Ukrainian negotiators had “deviated from agreements” reached in Istanbul.
Ukraine last month introduced its proposal for a impartial standing and worldwide safety ensures, however the two sides concerned within the battle – Ukraine and Russia, have not moved closer towards a possible cease-fire.
“Now we have once more returned to a dead-end state of affairs,” Putin stated.
“Inconsistency about important issues has been creating well-known difficulties in reaching ultimate agreements on the negotiating observe which might be acceptable to us. Except that occurs, the military operation will proceed till it concludes and the aims set firstly of this operation are achieved.”
Putin stated the primary purpose of the offensive was “to assist folks in Donbas,” in one other signal that his forces would launch an assault on the eastern area. He added that “there isn’t a doubt” the purpose will probably be achieved, talking during a visit to the Vostochny Cosmodrome, a Russian spaceport within the nation’s Far East, along with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov stated Tuesday that high-precision air- and sea-based missiles launched in a single day destroyed an ammunition depot and a hangar with Ukrainian plane on the Starokostiantyniv military airfield within the western Khmelnytskyi area, in addition to an ammunition depot near Havrylivka within the Kyiv area.
Whereas the Ukrainian Air Force stated it had downed a Russian aircraft, two helicopters and 4 drones.
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