Moscow – Saba:
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on Wednesday that the current Kyiv regime has no interest in peace, as it would likely mean losing power.
For them, maintaining control is more important than peace or the lives of people.
During a video meeting with Russian government officials, Putin accused Kyiv’s authorities of lacking "even the most basic political culture." He claimed that recent crimes against civilians, including women and children, were deliberately committed ahead of a new round of Russia-Ukraine negotiations to disrupt the peace process.
"All the crimes against civilians before the proposed Istanbul peace talks were clearly aimed at sabotaging negotiations. These attacks on civilians were intentional," Putin said.
He further criticized Ukrainian officials, stating, "We are dealing with people who lack competence in everything, even basic political decency. They make irresponsible statements targeting those trying to negotiate with them."
Putin also alleged that decisions on "terrorist attacks" in Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk regions were made at Ukraine’s political level.
"The recent railway explosions in Bryansk and Kursk were acts of terrorism, and such decisions were undoubtedly made by Ukraine’s political leadership," he asserted.
He described the Bryansk incident as a deliberate attack on civilians, emphasizing that such actions qualify as terrorism under international standards.
Additionally, Putin claimed that Ukraine is suffering heavy losses and retreating along the frontlines.
"Today, faced with massive casualties and setbacks across the entire combat zone, Kyiv’s leadership has resorted to terrorism to intimidate Russia," he said.
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