Talks With Ukraine Impossible After Kursk Attacked: Lavrov
A Russian soldier, Aug. 2024. Photo: X/ @AFpost
August 20, 2024 Hour: 8:15 am
On Tuesday, Russian forces liberated the town of New York in the Donetsk region.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has asserted that there cannot be any talks with Ukraine after its attack on Russia’s border Kursk region.
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“The president made it very clear that following the attacks on the Kursk region, any talks are impossible”, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said and reguted some allegations that the two countries made contacts mediated by the third party, claiming them as pure rumors.
The top Russian diplomat also indicated that the entire process within the frames of the conference on Ukraine in Switzerland is unacceptable for Russia because “it is about promoting the Zelensky formula as an ultimatum.”
On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that its country’s forces liberated the town of New York in the Donetsk region. The troops of the Center military group eliminated a large contingent of Ukrainian troops occupying this town of 3,000 inhabitants.
New York is one of the most important towns and an important logistical hub in the vicinity of the Toretsk stronghold. In 2021, the Ukrainian parliament reinstated the name of New York, which the town received in the mid-19th century.
Toretsk and Pokrovsk are precisely two of the main objectives of the current Russian offensive in Donetsk, which has allowed the Russians to conquer several hundred square kilometers of territory.
The day before, units of the Russian Center group also liberated the town of Zalizne in their advance towards Toretsk.
teleSUR/ JF Source: Xinhua – EFE
