Putin claimed that Ukraine had attacked Russian civilian targets, although in reality the war is only taking place in Ukraine.
On Friday, Russia continued to criticize Western countries and spread baseless claims about the war in Ukraine, when the Russian president Vladimir Putin and the Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz talked on the phone after a break of a couple of months.
In the call, Putin claimed that attacks against Ukraine’s infrastructure were inevitable, as the Ukrainian armed forces have also attacked Russian civilian targets. In reality, the war is not taking place on the territory of Russia, but only on the territory of Ukraine.
– I have been told that the Russian armed forces have long refrained from precision missile strikes on certain targets in Ukraine. Now we have been forced into them: they are an inevitable response to Kiev’s provocative attacks against Russia’s civilian infrastructure, Putin was quoted as saying in a Kremlin press release.
Russian missile strikes against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure have left millions of people without electricity and heating in Ukraine.
According to the Kremlin, Putin also reproached Scholz with Western countries, including Germany, for arming and training Ukraine. According to Putin, the help of Western allies to Ukraine has led to the fact that Ukraine has completely abandoned negotiations with Russia.
According to the representative of the German government, the Chancellor urged Putin to promote a diplomatic solution to the war as soon as possible, which would also include the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.
Knockout for Biden’s negotiation offer
The president of the United States was not suitable for Russia either Joe Biden the terms on which he would be willing to discuss a ceasefire with Ukraine.
– What did President Biden actually say? He said that negotiations are possible only after Putin leaves Ukraine, said the Kremlin representative Dmitry Peskov.
According to Peskov, Russia is definitely not ready to accept such conditions.
– The military special operation continues, Peskov said.
According to Peskov, Putin is ready for discussions if Russia’s positions are respected, but added that the US attitude would make possible negotiations difficult, because the neighboring countries and the international community have not accepted Russia’s regional alliances.
According to Peskov, Putin tried in vain to propose negotiations to NATO, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the United States before sending Russian troops to Ukraine.