International Courant
MOSCOW
Russian International Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated Wednesday that Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk area “annuls the opportunity of any peace talks.”
Talking at a information convention in Moscow, Zakharova slammed Kyiv’s assault on Kursk as a “terrorist raid,” saying that after such “outrage, nobody will negotiate with them (the Ukrainian authorities) in any respect.”
“This try by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to invade our territory a priori — I’ll emphasize as soon as once more what was stated by the Russian management, a priori — annuls any risk of any negotiations with the bandit junta,” she pressured.
Zakharova stated that by launching the incursion, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hoped to strengthen his place, enhance his picture within the eyes of his nation’s residents and get extra financing from the West.
She then denounced “as lies” statements by Western politicians claiming that Kyiv labored out and applied the plan with out their help.
“The US, Britain and (different) NATO nations, within the first flip the Anglo-Saxon duet, will not be solely ideological inspirers and sponsors however actually gunners who direct the Kyiv regime at targets on the territory of the Russian Federation. Subsequently, their statements that that is happening with out the help of the West are lies,” she stated.
Airspace over two Russian cities — Murmansk and Apatity — have been closed because of the menace of drone assaults.
Russian and Ukrainian forces proceed to conflict within the Kursk area, the place Kyiv launched an incursion on Aug. 5-6.
Russian authorities stated 17 folks have been killed and 140 injured and greater than 121,000 evacuated because the begin of Kyiv’s incursion.
Zelenskyy claimed that Kyiv had captured 92 Russian settlements, describing the target of the operation because the “institution of a buffer zone.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the incursion as a “terrorist assault.”
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