Russia-Ukraine War: On Christmas, several Ukrainian towns came under fire from Russian missiles despite Vladimir Putin’s declaration that he was prepared to undertake negotiations with the Zelenskyy-led nation.
In an interview that aired on state broadcaster Rossiya 1 on Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said: “We are ready to negotiate with everyone involved about acceptable solutions, but that is up to them – we are not the ones refusing to negotiate, they are.”
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Putin needs to come back to reality
Meanwhile, a Zelenskyy aide claimed that Putin needed to face reality and admit that it was Russia that was unwilling to engage in dialogue.
The advisor, Mykhailo Podolyak, tweeted, “Russia single-handedly attacked Ukraine and is killing citizens.”
He continued, “Russia doesn’t want negotiations, but tries to avoid responsibility.”
The Kupiansk district in the Kharkiv region was targeted by more than ten rocket attacks, according to Ukraine’s highest military command, as Russia continued to shell over 25 villages along the Kupiansk-Lyman frontline.
On the other hand, Putin stated on Sunday that he did not believe the geopolitical war with the West was becoming hazardous.
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Russia-Ukraine War
Since World War II, the invasion of Ukraine by Putin, which Moscow refers to as a “special operation,” has resulted in more deaths in Europe.
The largest dispute between Moscow and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis has also resulted from it.
Millions of people are now without electricity as a result of Russian attacks on power plants, which Zelenskyy claimed were part of Moscow’s plan to make the final days of 2022 gloomy and challenging.
While Kyiv claims it won’t stop until every Russian soldier has been expelled from the Ukraine, the Kremlin asserts that it will fight until all of its territorial goals have been attained.
Missiles from Belarus
Iskander tactical missile systems with nuclear warhead capacity and S-400 air defence systems have been sent to Belarus, according to a senior official in the country’s defence ministry, and are ready to carry out their intended functions.
Leonid Kasinsky, head of the Main Directorate of Ideology at the ministry, made the announcement in a video that was uploaded to the Telegram messaging app. “Our servicemen, crews have fully completed their training in the joint combat training centres of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus,” he said.
Kasinsky added, “These types of weapons (Iskander and S-400 systems) are on combat duty today and they are fully prepared to perform tasks for their intended purpose.”
It is unclear how many Iskander systems Belarus has received since Putin promised in June that Moscow would provide Minsk with both those weapons and air defence ones.
The revelation comes in the wake of Putin’s visit to Minsk on December 19, which was preceded by concerns in Kiev that he would persuade Belarus to join a new ground offensive and establish a new front in his waning invasion.
Russian soldiers launched their unsuccessful assault on Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, from Belarus in February, and there has been an uptick in Russian and Belarusian military activity in recent months.
NATO’s mobile guided missile system, code-named “SS-26 Stone” by the Soviet Union, was superseded by the Iskander-M.
The guided missiles may carry either conventional or nuclear bombs and have a range of up to 500 km (300 miles).
That range extends well into Belarus’ neighbours, NATO member Poland and Ukraine, both of which have tense relations with Minsk.
The S-400 system is a transportable Russian surface-to-air missile (SAM) interception system with the potential to intercept aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles.
Numerous miles (kilometres) from the front lines of Ukraine, near the Russian air base of Engels, explosions were heard on Monday, according to Ukrainian and Russian media.
No official confirmation was given right away, and Reuters was unable to independently authenticate the stories.
The air base was damaged on December 5 in what Russia claimed were Ukrainian drone assaults on two Russian air bases that day. It is located close to the city of Saratov, around 730 kilometres (450 miles) southeast of Moscow. The attacks severely damaged Moscow’s prestige and made it appear as though its defences were inadequate, according to observers.
However, Ukraine has claimed that such acts constitute “karma” for Russia’s invasion even though it has never openly claimed responsibility for assaults within Russia.
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