Putin discusses Ukraine with Russian security council
LONDON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned Moscow’s battle with Ukraine and its worldwide repercussions along with his safety council on Friday, the Kremlin stated on its web site.
Russia despatched tens of hundreds of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what it known as a particular operation to degrade its neighbour’s navy capabilities and root out individuals it known as harmful nationalists.
In contrast to a number of the earlier conferences with the council, Putin’s video convention was not televised on Friday.
“The present worldwide scenario was mentioned on the assembly and the change of views on the continued particular operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine continued,” the Kremlin stated in an announcement.
“The president knowledgeable the contributors in nice element about his quite a few worldwide phone calls,” it learn.
Putin advised German Chancellor Olaf Scholz throughout a telephone name earlier on Friday that Kyiv was making an attempt to stall peace talks with Russia however that Moscow was nonetheless eager to proceed negotiations.
Ukrainian forces have mounted stiff resistance to Russia’s invasion and the West has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia in an effort to power it to withdraw its forces.
Earlier, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated feedback by U.S. President Joe Biden, by which he labelled Putin a “conflict felony” and a “murderous dictator”, have been “private insults” that appeared to have been fuelled by irritation, fatigue and forgetfulness.
(Reporting by Reuters)
