Mati Barnhart, knitted news13.10.22 20:28 18 in Tishrei Tishpag
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Are Moscow’s many battlefield failures starting to show? Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says that Russia’s goals in the war will be achieved through negotiations.
Despite this, Peskov emphasized that the goals themselves in the fighting have not changed.
This statement follows a series of statements in the past week that Russia is open to talks, a significant change in attitude compared to recent months.
“The direction has not changed, the special military operation continues, in order for us to achieve our goals,” said Peskov, “but we have repeatedly emphasized that we are open to negotiations in order to achieve our goals.” Despite this, Peskov emphasized that he sees no prospect for talks directly with the West in the near future following their “hostile attitude” towards Russia.
“We need two sides to the dialogue,” Peskov stressed, and the West is taking a very, very hostile position against us. It is unlikely that this will be possible in the near future.”
“Nevertheless, Turkey, and a number of other countries, may help mediate in some way.”
As mentioned, Peskov’s words come against the background of the fact that Russia has been suing for months in the Ukrainian mud. While in the first weeks, Putin believed that he would be able to achieve a quick conquest of Kyiv and the control of a pro-Russian government there, very quickly he saw that he was having difficulty advancing beyond the east and south of the country.
The Russian soldiers were not properly trained, many Russian vessels were destroyed, and many territories that Russia had conquered were recaptured by Ukraine.
The situation deteriorated to the point that Russia was forced to announce a total conscription, and forced hundreds of thousands of people to conscript without training, without proper weapons, when many of them run away from the conscription or try to actively oppose it.
Inside Russia, many already refuse to hide their opposition to the war, and Putin may be implying that he is looking for a ladder to climb down from the tall tree he has climbed.
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