Putin: Reviving Ukraine peace talks, but based on common sense

Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that Ukraine peace talks should be revived, but Russia will only negotiate with legitimate leaders in Kiev. Putin also told a press conference during his visit to Belarus that talks should reflect “current realities on the ground.” Russia has questioned the legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after Kiev said it would not hold presidential elections this year because of the war with Russia, now in its third year. “Military exercises for the use of nuclear weapons do not constitute an escalation” Putin said that Russia regularly conducts exercises for the use of nuclear weapons, and the latest ones held this week do not constitute an escalation. The only difference this time, he said, is that the drills involved Belarus, where Russia announced last year that it was regularly developing nuclear weapons. Putin made these statements speaking in an interview […]
Source: News Beast

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