Russia mentioned on Friday {that a} ceasefire in Ukraine wouldn’t allow it to attain the objectives of its “particular navy operation” in the mean time.
The Kremlin was reacting after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko – Russia’s closest ally – known as for a direct ceasefire, with out preconditions, and for each Moscow and Kyiv to begin negotiations on an enduring peace settlement.
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov advised reporters Russia had famous Lukashenko’s feedback and that President Vladimir Putin would talk about it with him subsequent week. However he mentioned Russia’s objectives in Ukraine couldn’t be achieved in the mean time by a halt in preventing.
“By way of Ukraine, nothing is altering, the particular navy operation is constant as a result of right now that’s the solely means in entrance of us to attain our objectives,” Peskov mentioned.
He mentioned elements of a plan proposed by China for peace in Ukraine had been “unrealizable in the mean time, as a result of unwillingness – or slightly the lack – of the Ukrainian facet to disobey their supervisors and commanders.”

That was a reference to Moscow’s claims – unsupported by proof – that Ukraine’s Western backers have ordered Kyiv to not pursue a ceasefire.
“These commanders, as we all know, are usually not sitting in Kyiv and demand that the conflict continues,” Peskov mentioned.
Russia has mentioned it’s open for peace however has made clear this is able to solely be on its phrases. It says Kyiv should settle for the “new realities” on the bottom, the place Russia has seized and claimed to have annexed greater than a sixth of Ukrainian territory.
Ukraine has mentioned Russia should withdraw its troops as a precursor to any peace deal, and says any short-term ceasefire would solely permit Russia to regroup for future navy motion.
Moscow says america and its allies are utilizing Ukraine as a part of a “hybrid conflict” through which they goal to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. Ukraine and the West say Russia’s claims are a baseless pretext to justify its invasion.