More demands will be added if Ukraine does not start negotiations soon: Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone with French President Emmanuel Macron, reiterating their demands.

Amid the negotiations are going on, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone with French President Emmanuel Macron, reiterating their demands.

According to the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin informed his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Thursday that the aims of Russia’s operation in Ukraine are to demilitarize and neutralise Ukraine and that they will be achieved this “in any case.”

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Putin also expressed his dissatisfaction with Macron’s comments on Ukraine the day before. A crucial round of negotiations between Ukrainian and Russian officials ended Monday near the Belarusian border. Officials from both nations indicated additional talks might be held in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine’s armed forces continue to repel Russian forces, protecting and maintaining control of major cities while delaying Russia’s approach to Kyiv. Despite strong Ukrainian defence, Russia still has its sights set on Kyiv, according to a Pentagon official.

Amid war going on between Ukraine and Russia, Russia intensifies its bombarding on Ukraine’s major cities such as Kyiv, Kharkiv and Chernihiv. Yesterday Russia also take over Ukraine’s major port city, Kherson.

Russia’s growing strikes on Ukraine’s populous metropolitan centres left streets and plazas littered with rubble and ruin, as the invasion claimed additional casualties across the country. The centre plaza of Ukraine’s second-largest city was hit by a rocket, leaving the enormous space littered.