The Kremlin said Thursday it's up to Ukraine's president to end the military conflict in the country, suggesting terms that Kyiv has repeatedly rejected, while Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to press on with the fighting despite Western criticism.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that “ Zelenskyy knows when it may end. It may end tomorrow if he wishes so.”
Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian officials have repeatedly rejected those conditions, saying the war will end when the occupied territories are retaken or Russian forces leave them. “There are occupied territories in several new regions of the Russian Federation that need to be liberated,” Peskov said.“It's enough for us to make a move and there is a lot of noise, chatter and outcry all across the universe,” Putin said. “It will not obstruct us from fulfilling combat tasks.”
While stopping short of publicly claiming credit for the attacks, Ukrainian officials welcome their results and hint at Ukrainian involvement. Despite its massive numerical advantage, the Russian air force has failed to suppress Ukraine's air defenses and win full control of Ukrainian skies. It has continued to suffer losses from attacks by Ukrainian fighter jets and air defense batteries.
More than ten cities and villages in the region were shelled, including the town of Bakhmut, which has remained in Ukrainian hands during the war despite Moscow's goal of capturing the entire annexed Donbas region bordering Russia.- The International Committee of the Red Cross announced Thursday that its representatives visited Ukrainian prisoners of war that Russian forces are holding. International observers were previously not permitted access to see them.
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