Russia He assured this Tuesday that his offensive in Ukraine it will stop when the Ukrainian government and army surrender.
“The Ukrainian side can end (the conflict) on the day. We must order the nationalist units to lay down your arms, Ukrainian soldiers must be ordered to lay down their arms and all the conditions set by Russia must be applied. Then it will all be over in one day,” said Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Vladimir Putin.
According to the official, there is no deadline or calendar set by the Russians: “We orient ourselves based on the declarations of our president.” Peskov reiterated that “the special military operation is proceeding according to plan,” using the euphemism Russia uses to refer to the attack on Ukraine.
G7 meeting
The spokesman reacted to the statements of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyaddressed the G7 leaders on Monday urging them to do the “maximum possible” to end the conflict before the end of this year.
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Russia launched a broad military offensive against Ukraine on February 24 stating that it seeks to “demilitarize” and “denazify” the country, denouncing a genocide of the Russophone populations. The fierce resistance of the Ukrainian forces led Russia to limit its objectives, concentrating on the east of the country where there is bloody fighting and a slow advance of Moscow’s troops.
The peace talks they have been paralyzed for weeks and each side blames the other for the impasse.