Putin brings direct conversations with Kyiv into play

Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin has put direct talks with Kiev into the space on the expansion of a moratorium of attacks against certain objects. Russia has registered that Ukraine attempts to take over the initiative on the subject of ceasefire, strive for an extension or to take out other objects from the fire, Putin said Russian journalists. « We have to think about it. »

He was skeptical about the waiver of attacks on civilian facilities proposed by Kiev. However, he was ready to clarify such questions in bilateral conversations, said Putin. In this case, bilaterally, the Ukrainian side meant that Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskow later emphasized. So far, negotiations on a possible end of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine between Moscow and Kiev have only been indirect – although the United States has recently switched on as an intermediary.

Putin justifies attacks on civilian objects

Russia had committed attacks against civilian objects in recent times, the Kremlin chief admitted and called the attack on Sumy, in which Ukrainian information was killed in 35 people, most of them. However, Putin said that the rocket stroke had been folded into a meeting of Ukrainian officers who had been awarded in the city. Therefore, the attack was justified.

At the same time, the 72-year-old drew a positive conclusion about the Easter cafe rest he announced for Ukraine. « Overall, we observe a reduction in the opponent’s fighting, that’s true, » said Putin. Nevertheless, Ukraine had violated almost 5,000 times against the ceasefire he arranged, he explained. The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj had previously accused Moscow of around 3,000 violations.