Putin Questions Peace Talks Amid Accusations of Ukrainian Attacks
- Russian President Vladimir Putin questioned the prospects for peace talks on June 6, 2025, following deadly attacks on Russian infrastructure before talks in Turkey.
- Putin accused Kyiv of orchestrating sabotage on two bridges in the Bryansk and Kursk regions, including an incident timed to occur as a train transporting 388 passengers crossed beneath one of the bridges.
- The bomb attack killed seven people and injured 115, with Russian officials calling Kyiv's government a terrorist organization and accusing it of planning further attacks.
- Putin stated that negotiating with parties who depend on terror is pointless and claimed that Kyiv’s leadership is not interested in peace but is instead gearing up for further attacks similar to those in Bryansk and Kursk.
- The attacks deepened distrust, making a quick ceasefire unlikely, as both sides maintain red lines and international efforts continue to seek an end to the conflict.
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"Kiev is behaving like a terrorist regime," Peskov said, adding that this could affect the progress of the negotiations.
Moscow. In making a videoconference this Wednesday with members of the Russian government, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin stated that “today, in the context of his great losses, going back on all front lines (of war) and trying to intimidate Russia, the leadership of the Kiev regime began to organize terrorist attacks,” alluding to the recent train derailment and explosion on one of the supports of the Crimean bridge.
Putin calls weekend bridge collapses “Ukrainian terrorist acts” and dismisses possibility of new peace talks. – Bizarre. This is a way for Russia to withdraw from the peace talks, says Russia expert Inga Näslund.
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