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For: Real America News Updated 27 Apr 2022, 14: 48 pm EDT
President Vladimir Putin met in Moscow with the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, with whom he has held talks to discuss the war in Ukraine, during these meetings he spoke for the first time from Mariúpol.
When mentioning the cities that have been attacked by Russian troops, including Mariupol which has been besieged and devastated for several weeks, the Russian leader described the situation in the city as “tragic” and “complicated”.
“The situation is complicated there (Mariupol) and tragic, but it’s really simple. I have spoken with (Turkish) President Erdogan today, he said that military operations were taking place there,” the Russian president commented.
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When asked if the Russian army is still in the city, he exclaimed: “No, the military operations have ended there. There are no military operations in Mariupol. They have stopped“, reported the Sky News.
Although the president continued to accuse the Ukrainian forces of hiding behind civilians in the Azovstal steel mill and said that the easiest thing is to free them, otherwise they would be acting badly and compared them to the Islamic State.
“We heard from the Ukrainian authorities that there are civilians there. In that case, the military of the Ukrainian army must release them or they will be acting as terrorists like ISIS in Syria”
, Putin said.
During the meeting, Vladimir Putin shared that while Russia’s military operation was still in march, the Kremlin still hoped to reach agreements through a diplomatic channel , before adding that the peace talks were continuing online, the same media outlet explained.
The Russian leader continued in the talk detailing that while he hoped that the talks he established with Ukraine would have produced a favorable and positive result
, there would be issues that needed to be simplified before meeting with President Volodimir Zelensky.
On the other hand, the Russian president spoke at the St. Petersburg Council of Legislators where he told the The politicians who will carry out the objectives against the invasion of Ukraine, reported Sky News through their social networks.
He also pointed out that “ the special military operation in Ukraine will ensure the safety of people in Donbas and Crimea”. The president made it very clear that if someone tries to intervene in the conflict, he warns that his response will be as quick as lightning.
“If someone intends to intervene in the ongoing events (in Ukraine)
- from abroad and creates unacceptable strategic threats for us, then you should know that our response to those attacks will be quick, quick as lightning” , Vladimir Putin pointed out.
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