New hopes for an agreement between Moscow and Kiev that could lead to a viable peace plan in Ukraine, left today by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
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[/P]Peskov takes swipes at Ukraine, arguing that Russia appears more ready than the other side, However, he adds that if certain conditions are met, it could - as he says - end all this.
The Kremlin said today that Russia has invested too much energy in talks to reach a peace agreement with Ukraine, which could very quickly end the Russian invasion of the country.
Colossal efforts
"Our delegation is making colossal efforts and appears more ready than the other side," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
"If we agree on a document, if all its conditions are met and it is implemented, then it will be possible very quickly to stop what is happening," he continued.
What he said about the draft agreement
When asked about the Financial Times article that Ukraine and Russia have made significant progress in drawing up a peace plan, the Kremlin spokesman replied.
Peskov also called unacceptable the description of a "war criminal" used by US President Joe Biden against his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
"Fire" at US
Peskov added that the US has no right to scold Russia as it has been involved in many conflicts.
At the same time, the Kremlin spokesman assessed that many people in Russia turn out to be traitors, referring to those who quit their jobs and leave the country.
Peskov made the comment after Putin yesterday issued a stern warning to Russian "traitors", whom he denounced as the West's desire to use them as a "fifth column" to destroy Russia. The Russian president said that Russia would undergo a natural and necessary "self-cleansing" as citizens manage "to distinguish true patriots from the waste and traitors."
"In these difficult times (...) many people are showing their true character. Too many people turn out to be, as we say in Russian, traitors," the Kremlin spokesman stressed today.
"They are disappearing from society. Some people are leaving their jobs, some are leaving active working life, some are leaving the country and moving to other countries. This is how this liquidation is taking place," Peskov said.
Moreover, Moscow also rejected the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which yesterday (Wednesday) asked Russia to immediately stop its military operations in Ukraine.
"We cannot take this decision into account," Peskov said, stressing that the two sides - Russia and Ukraine - would have to agree for the ruling to be implemented.
He even concluded that any default on foreign bond interest payments would be completely artificial.
"The fact is that from the very beginning we have stated that Russia has the necessary resources and capacity to avoid a default, there can be no default," the Kremlin spokesman stressed.
"Any default that may occur will have a completely artificial character," he noted.
Source: in.gr
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