The long-running Ukraine-Russia conflict has reached a new turn. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that after the attack on the Kursk region, Russia is not considering any land exchange. In his interview to a Russian TV channel, Lavrov said that it is difficult to tell what goal Ukraine is pursuing. As far as Ukrainian President Zelensky is concerned, he can plan that if he captures Russian land now, then it will be useful for exchange later when an agreement is reached. That is why he is taking hostages and wants to capture thousands of kilometers. This is very naive.
According to a report published in the news agency TASS, Lavrov said that if Zelensky thinks that we will exchange lands, then he is very mistaken. We will not discuss our land with anyone. We will very soon drive out Ukrainian troops from our land.
Putin is not against talks, the longer the agreement is delayed the more difficult it will be
Talking about a statement by Russian President Putin a year and a half ago, the Russian Foreign Minister said that Russia is not against talks but those who are against it should understand that the longer they postpone it, the more difficult it will be to reach an agreement. He said that the President has already spoken about everything else. Putin had said in the Russian Foreign Ministry on June 14 that we are ready to resolve the situation on the basis of reality. But for this we have to understand the ground reality and the reality of the Constitution.
Russia’s same conditions for ceasefire, Ukraine will not join NATO
Lavrov said that we have the same old conditions for ceasefire, yes we now have four new components of the Russian Federation apart from Crimea. Along with this, the most important thing is that Ukraine cannot join NATO. Apart from this, we will not talk about land transactions. Soon Ukrainian soldiers will be driven out from Russian land. The Foreign Minister said that we are constantly facing Ukrainian attacks and are also giving them a befitting reply. The minister said that we are not keen on any talks right now. However, whoever says that Russia does not want talks is wrong. If the President of Ukraine wants talks, an agreement, then he should come any day of the week and propose his talks with better conditions. We are always ready for talks.
Earlier, recently Russia has claimed that it has shot down more than 150 drones of Ukraine. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the air defense shot down 158 drones of Ukraine overnight, of which two drones were destroyed in the city of Moscow and nine in the vicinity of Moscow.
The drone attacks carried out by Ukraine last night are being described as its biggest drone attacks to date.
46 drones were destroyed in the Kursk region, where Ukraine recently sent troops in the biggest invasion of Russian soil since World War II. 34 drones were destroyed in the Bryansk region, more than 28 drones were destroyed in the Voronezh region and 14 drones were destroyed in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine.