MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine’s European allies Tuesday (Dec 2) of sabotaging US-led efforts to end the war which have gained momentum in current weeks.
“They don’t have a peace agenda, they’re on the facet of the warfare,” Putin mentioned after chatting with an funding discussion board and before he held talks with a US delegation led by envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner on the Kremlin.
The Russian chief accused Europe of amending peace proposals with “calls for which might be completely unacceptable to Russia,” thus “blocking the whole peace course of,” solely guilty Russia for it.
“That’s their purpose,” Putin mentioned.
His remarks have been in step with the narrative that Russia pushed ahead after Trump returned to the White Home this 12 months and initiated talks with Moscow, portray Europe’s staunch help of Ukraine as one of many primary hurdles on the trail to peace.
Putin mentioned that Russia didn’t desire a warfare with European powers, however was able to combat if Europe did desire a direct battle with Moscow.
