Responding to a barrage of Western sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a Kremlin spokesperson said: ‘They are counting on forcing us to change our position. This is out of the question’
Western sanctions will never make Russia change its position on Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
Peskov told reporters that President Vladimir Putin had been briefed on a first round of talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials on Monday but it was too early to judge the outcome. Peskov dismissed allegations of Russian strikes on civilian targets and the use of cluster bombs and vacuum bombs as fakes. He categorically denied that Russia had committed war crimes.
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