Putin vows to bring more ‘destruction’ to Ukraine after devastating drone attack on central Russian city of Kazan
has told Ukraine’s diplomats the country will have to fight to persuade allies to allow it to take up Nato membership, but has described the goal as “achievable” as it searches for security guarantees to protect it from, has vowed to bring more “destruction” to Ukraine after a devastating drone attack on the central Russian city of Kazan and met the Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, in a rare visit of an EU and Nato leader to Moscow.
He described Nato as Ukraine’s “true guarantee” against Moscow after the Brussels talks. There was “some political will and understanding that Putin is dangerous…and total understanding that he will not stop in Ukraine”, he said. “Whoever, and however much they try to destroy, they will face many times more destruction themselves and will regret what they are trying to do in our country,” Mr Putin said during a televised government meeting on Sunday.
A Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said on Sunday that Mr Fico had arrived in Russia on a “working visit” for talks on “the international situation” and Russian natural gas deliveries. Ukraine announced this year that it would not renew a contract allowing the transit of Russian gas through its territory after December 31st, which has raised fears in Slovakia over its supply.
Moscow has claimed fresh battlefield advances in the northeastern Kharkiv region, saying it had “liberated” two villages close to Kurakhove, a key hub that would be a major prize in the Kremlin’s attempt to capture the Donetsk region. Finland’s prime minister, Petteri Orpo, stressed the need for increased defence spending and support for Ukraine, and said Russia represented a “permanent and dangerous threat to the EU and European countries”.
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