Russian leader insists ‘we have not refused to hold peace talks’
At a meeting this Thursday with the spokesmen of the various parliamentary factions of the State Duma (lower house of the Russian parliament), President Vladimir Putin challenged the West to continue arming Ukraine, assuring that the war has not yet started “seriously” and he warned that the longer it takes in Kiev to accept capitulation, the harder it will be to stop the war and reach an agreement.
“We’ve heard they want to beat us on the battlefield, what can I say? Well, let them try,” Putin launched before lawmakers. In his words, “The West wants to fight to the last Ukrainian. That is a tragedy for the Ukrainian people, but anything to go that way.” The Russian top leader warned that “everyone should know that generally we haven’t started anything serious yet”.
At the same time, Putin assured that “we have not refused to hold peace talks, but those who refuse should know that the longer it takes to undertake them, the harder 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 fail (…) they tell us that we started a war in Donbass, in Ukraine. No. It was caused by the West by organizing and supporting the unconstitutional coup d’état in Ukraine in 2014. They are directly responsible for what is happening, reiterating once again that the current “operation” underway in the neighboring country “will undoubtedly continue until it fulfills its military objectives.” reaches”.
Source: La Verdad
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