MOSCOW: Russia remains to be dedicated to reaching peace in Ukraine, the Kremlin mentioned on Tuesday (Jul 29), within the first response to US President Donald Trump reducing his deadline for Moscow to stop hearth within the battle.
The US president earlier mentioned he would slash his preliminary 50-day deadline to “about 10 or 12 days” and that he was not fascinated by speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin anymore.
“Now we have taken word of President Trump’s assertion yesterday. The SVO (particular army operation) continues,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned, utilizing Russia’s time period for its offensive.
He additionally famous a slowdown in makes an attempt to revive ties with the USA after Trump’s feedback.
“We want to see extra dynamics. We have an interest on this. With a view to transfer ahead, we want impulses from each side.”
A number of Russian strikes killed over two dozen folks throughout Ukraine on Tuesday, together with a 23-year-old pregnant lady and at the least 16 inmates who died in a single strike on a jail.
However Peskov mentioned Moscow nonetheless remained “dedicated to the peace course of to resolve the battle round Ukraine and safe our pursuits”.
The newest spherical of talks between Moscow and Kyiv held final week but didn’t yield a breakthrough, however solely offered for the change of prisoners.
