Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is ready for talks with Ukraine. However, missiles bombarded Ukrainian cities on Christmas Eve, causing blackouts in many areas.
Ukraine: Locals walk past an industrial building that was hit by a missile, as Russia's offensive on Ukraine continues (Reuters)
in short
• Russia rained missiles on Ukraine on Christmas day
• It came on the same day that President Vladimir Putin said Russia was ready for talks
• An adviser to Ukraine's President Zelensky said Putin needed to admit it was Russia that did not want talks
By India Today Web Desk: Several cities in Ukraine were bombarded by Russian missiles on Christmas, even as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to hold talks with the Zelensky-led country.
“We are ready to hold talks with all those involved about acceptable solutions, but it is up to them – we are not those who refuse to negotiate,” Putin told Rossiya 1 state television in an interview broadcast on Sunday. are, they are."
Meanwhile, an adviser to Zelensky said Putin needed to return to reality and admit that it was Russia that did not want talks.
Advisor Mykhailo Podolić tweeted, "Russia single-handedly invaded Ukraine and is killing civilians."
"Russia does not want talks, but tries to avoid responsibility," he said.
Putin needs to come back to reality.
1. Russia single-handedly invaded Ukraine and is killing civilians. There are no other "countries, objectives, geopolitics"
2. Russia does not want talks, but tries to avoid responsibility. It is clear, so we are going to the tribunal. , , (@Podolyak_M) December 25, 2022
"Russia has lost everything it could this year. ... I know that darkness will not prevent us from leading the occupiers to new defeats. But we have to be ready for any scenario," he said in an evening video address on Christmas Day.
More than 10 rocket attacks targeted the Kupiansk district in the Kharkiv region, according to Ukraine's top military command, as Russia continued shelling more than 25 towns along the Kupiansk-Lyaman frontline.
Meanwhile, Putin said on Sunday that he does not think the geopolitical conflict with the West is reaching a dangerous level.
Russia-Ukraine War
Putin's invasion of Ukraine - which Moscow calls a "special operation" - has triggered the deadliest European conflict since World War II.
It has also led to the biggest confrontation between Moscow and the West since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
Russian attacks on power stations have left millions without power, as Zelensky said Moscow would aim to make the last few days of 2022 dark and difficult.
The Kremlin says it will fight until all its territorial goals are achieved, while Kyiv says it will not rest until every Russian soldier is driven out of the country.
belarusian missiles
Russian-supplied Iskander tactical missile systems, which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads, as well as S-400 air defense systems have been deployed in Belarus, according to a statement by a senior Belarusian Defense Ministry official. Ready to do what you want.
"Our servicemen, personnel have fully completed their training at the joint combat training centers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus," Leonid Kaczynski, head of the Main Directorate of Ideology at the ministry, said in a video posted. Telegram messaging app.
"These types of weapons (Iskander and S-400 systems) are on combat duty today and are fully ready to perform their intended purpose," Kaczynski said.
It is not clear how many Iskander systems Deployed to Belarus in June after Putin said Moscow would supply them and Minsk with air defense systems.
The news comes after Putin's visit to Minsk on 19 December. Amid fears in Kyiv he will press Belarus to join a new ground offensive and open a new front in his faltering offensive.
The Russian military used Belarus as a launch pad for its abortive assault on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in February, and Russian and Belarusian military activity has increased in recent months.
The Iskander-M, a mobile guided missile system code-named "SS-26 Stone" by NATO, replaced the Soviet-era "Scud".
The guided missiles have a range of up to 500 km (300 mi) and can carry conventional or nuclear warheads.
The border reaches Belarus' neighbors: Ukraine and NATO member Poland, which has very tense relations with Minsk.
The S-400 system is a Russian mobile, surface-to-air missile (SAM) interception system capable of engaging aircraft, UAVs, cruise missiles and has a terminal ballistic missile defense capability.
Ukrainian and Russian media reported on Monday that explosions were heard at Russia's Engels Air Base, hundreds of kilometers (miles) from the Ukrainian front.
There was no immediate official confirmation and Reuters was not able to independently verify the reports.
The air base near the city of Saratov, about 730 km (450 mi) southeast of Moscow, was attacked on 5 December, in what Russia said were Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian air bases that day. Analysts said the attacks dealt a major reputational blow to Moscow and raised questions about why its defenses had failed.
Ukraine has never publicly claimed responsibility for the attacks inside Russia, but has said such incidents are "karma" for Russia's invasion.
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