Kyiv’s forces strike industrial sites in Russia as UN nuclear monitors condemn drone attack on vehicle
A Ukrainian serviceman operates an armoured military vehicle on a road near Pokrovsk, in the eastern Donetsk region, on Wednesday. Photograph: Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images’s invasion force closed in on the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk as its foreign ministry said it was not willing to make any concessions to endand blamed Kyiv’s troops for a drone strike on a vehicle used by United Nations monitors near the biggest nuclear power station in Europe.
“If Washington really wanted to put an end to the conflict, they would immediately order their puppets in Kyiv to pull the Ukrainian armed forces back from their positions in Russia’s ... new regions,” said Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. “Those who expect Russia to make concessions are either poorly informed or have a short memory.
In its account of the conversation, the Kremlin said that “the leaders conducted a detailed exchange of opinions on the Ukrainian issue. Viktor Orban expressed interest in facilitating a joint search for political and diplomatic solutions to the crisis, including in the context of his contacts with a number of western leaders”.
Europe’s role in efforts to end the war will be discussed in Warsaw on Thursday, when Polish prime minister. Polish media say the leaders could discuss the potential deployment of a European peacekeeping force to Ukraine in the event of a halt to fighting.
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