Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday that reaching a peace agreement with Ukraine would be impossible unless the latter “accepts new reality.”, APA reports citing Teletrader.
Peskov went on to say that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s three-step peace proposals are actually leading to the prolongation of hostilities. Answering the question of whether Russia would pull out its troops from Ukraine by the end of 2022, he underlined that that is “out of question.”
The Kremlin spokesperson stressed that “restoring and establishing a peaceful life in the new Russian regions” remains an “absolute priority.” Commenting on the Zaporizhzhia power plant, Peskov stated that Moscow never positioned heavy weapons “at the station itself.”