Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has said peace talks with Kyiv had reached a dead end, as Moscow’s forces has bombarded Ukrainian military positions and residential areas in the country’s east and unleashed new rocket attacks.
The Russian leader claimed that Kyiv had deviated from agreements struck in Istanbul.
.In his first extended comments on the war since last month, Putin on Tuesday, speaking publicly about Russia’s military activity after a prolonged silence on the issue, said that without an agreement acceptable to the Kremlin, Russian forces would continue their offensive.