Russia will only stop offensive after Ukraine surrenders, says Kremlin

The announcement comes a day after the bombing of a crowded mall and amid a G7-NATO summit meeting aimed at supporting Zelensky and increasing military strength.

Alexandr BOGDANOV / AFPKremlin says conflict in Ukraine is on track and has no end date

Almost five months after the start of the war in Ukrainea Russia still hasn’t given up on the idea of ​​making the country of Volodymyr Zelensky surrender. “The Ukrainian side can end (the conflict) today,” said Dmitri Peskov, a spokesman for Vladimir Putin this Tuesday, 28. “It must order the nationalist units and the Ukrainian soldiers to hand over their weapons and all the conditions established by Russia must be applied”, he added. “Then it will all be over in a day,” he concluded. According to Peskov, there is no deadline or timetable defined by the Russians: “We are guided by the statements of our president”. Peskov reiterated that “the special military operation proceeds according to plans,” using the euphemism Russia uses to refer to the attack on Ukraine.

That announcement comes a day after Zelenksy spoke at the summit of G7 and ask for more military help and support to bring the war to an end before the end of the year, when it is winter in the northern hemisphere, and after Russian troops bomb a crowded shopping mall and leave at least 18 people dead and 36 missing. This attack, carried out in a region that presents no danger and is just trying to live normally, as reported by Zelensky, only made the Ukrainians reinvigorate their determination even more.

At the same time that Russia returns to the offensive and tightens the siege, getting close to conquering the last Ukrainian stronghold in Luhansk, Donbass region, G7 leaders increase sanctions on Putin and his country. “Russia cannot and must not win” the war and sanctions against it will be maintained “as long as necessary,” French President Emmanuel Macron said at the end of the G7, which concluded its work on Tuesday. The overall objective is to “increase” the costs of the war for Russia, summarized German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, host of the summit. The group also promises to participate in Ukraine’s reconstruction through an international conference and plan.

occupation of Russia

The Westerners, led by the United States, thus promised to tighten the siege against Moscow, targeting the Russian defense industry in particular. Despite the end of the summit of the group of the most developed countries in the world, the Westerners’ marathon continues tonight with a NATO summit in Madrid, a meeting in which Zelensky is also expected to participate remotely, and in which the Alliance must announce the biggest military reinforcement. since the Cold War. “I believe that the allies will make it clear in Madrid that they consider Russia to be the biggest and most direct threat to our security”, declared the Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg when presenting the summit’s agenda. “We will strengthen our tactical groups in the eastern part of the Alliance, up to brigade level,” he added.

Source: Jovempan

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