"Wladimir Putin fears direct talks" - said president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski during a gathering with fresh Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Meanwhile, Putin himself spoke.
"We waited in Turkey for Putin, and he didn't come. We think he's afraid of direct conversation" - said Zelenski. The president advocated increased force on Russia - reports Interfax-Ukraine. "You gotta push Russia even harder, Putin, to accomplish peace as shortly as possible. More pressure, more sanctions" - he called.
Zelenski wrote on social media after the gathering that further sanctions against Russia should include energy and the alleged shadow fleet.
Putin spoke again
Moscow's goal "is to destruct the causes that caused this crisis, make conditions for lasting peace and warrant the safety of the Russian state" - stressed Vladimir Putin in an interview with Russian public television, which is quoted by AFP. This was the first public message by a war criminal after Friday's Ukraine-Russia talks in Istanbul.
On Friday, the first direct talks of the Russian and Ukrainian delegation in 3 years were held in Istanbul. The Ukrainian delegation was headed by defence minister Rust Umierov and Russian was headed by Vladimir Miedinski, advisor to Vladimir Putin. The negotiations did not bring a breakthrough on the ongoing war.
On Sunday - according to the authorities in Kiev - the Russians conductedAnd 1 of the biggest drone attacks. From the beginning of a full-size war.
Source: PAP
