Russia wants Ukraine war to end, Vladimir Putin says. ‘Sooner the better’ – National | 24CA News
President Vladimir Putin mentioned on Thursday that Russia desires an finish to the struggle in Ukraine and that this may inevitably contain a diplomatic resolution.
Putin made the feedback, more likely to be met with skepticism by Ukraine and its allies, a day after U.S. President Joe Biden hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy within the White House and promised him continued and unwavering U.S. assist.
“Our goal is not to spin the flywheel of military conflict, but, on the contrary, to end this war,” Putin mentioned. “We will strive for an end to this, and the sooner the better, of course.”
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Russia has persistently mentioned it’s open to negotiations, however Ukraine and its allies suspect a ploy to purchase time after a collection of Russian defeats and retreats which have swung the momentum of the 10-month struggle in favor of Kyiv.
“I have said many times: the intensification of hostilities leads to unjustified losses,” Putin advised reporters.
“All armed conflicts end one way or another with some kind of negotiations on the diplomatic track,” he added. “Sooner or later, any parties in a state of conflict sit down and make an agreement. The sooner this realization comes to those who oppose us, the better. We have never given up on this.”
Russia says it’s Ukraine that’s refusing to speak. Kyiv says Russia should halt its assaults and quit all territory it has seized.
Putin additionally performed down the importance of the Patriot air defence system that Biden agreed to provide to Zelenskyy, saying Russia would discover a technique to counter it.
He mentioned it was “quite old” and didn’t work like Russia’s S-300 system. “An antidote will always be found,” he mentioned, boasting Russia would “crack” the Patriots.
“So those who do it are doing it in vain. It’s just prolonging the conflict, that’s all.”
Putin additionally mentioned a value cap imposed on Russian oil by western international locations, designed to restrict its capability to fund the struggle, wouldn’t injury the Russian financial system. He mentioned he would signal a decree early subsequent week to set out Russia’s response.
