06:14The Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik claimed that Kiev’s incursion in the border region of Kursk had put future Russia-Ukraine peace talks on a 'long-term pause', as he held a briefing in Moscow on Wednesday.
"It was exactly Kiev's terrorist actions in the Kursk direction that put future peace talks on a long-term pause, to say the least. In my opinion, it was done deliberately, therefore negotiations with an absolutely inadequate adversary today, well, may be simply abnormal," the diplomat claimed.
He also alleged that 723 people were reported injured and 124 killed in Ukrainian drone strikes since the beginning of 2024. Kiev did not comment on his claims at time of publication.
According to reports, Ukrainian forces entered Kursk region on August 6, which Russian President Vladimir Putin called a 'large-scale provocation'.
Putin met with governors of Russia's border regions on Monday. According to the Kursk region's acting government, 12 people were killed, 121 wounded, including 10 children, in the attack.
Kursk's acting governor also claimed that "28 settlements are under the enemy's control", with Ukrainian forces advancing 12 kilometres in depth and 40 kilometres across.
A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while around 121,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
On Tuesday, AFU Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky claimed that Ukrainian forces controlled '74 settlements', having previously stated that his forces had '1,000 square kilometres' of Russian territory. President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine'.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Kiev's actions in Kursk 'put peace talks on long-term pause' - Russian Foreign Ministry's Miroshnik
The Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik claimed that Kiev’s incursion in the border region of Kursk had put future Russia-Ukraine peace talks on a 'long-term pause', as he held a briefing in Moscow on Wednesday.
"It was exactly Kiev's terrorist actions in the Kursk direction that put future peace talks on a long-term pause, to say the least. In my opinion, it was done deliberately, therefore negotiations with an absolutely inadequate adversary today, well, may be simply abnormal," the diplomat claimed.
He also alleged that 723 people were reported injured and 124 killed in Ukrainian drone strikes since the beginning of 2024. Kiev did not comment on his claims at time of publication.
According to reports, Ukrainian forces entered Kursk region on August 6, which Russian President Vladimir Putin called a 'large-scale provocation'.
Putin met with governors of Russia's border regions on Monday. According to the Kursk region's acting government, 12 people were killed, 121 wounded, including 10 children, in the attack.
Kursk's acting governor also claimed that "28 settlements are under the enemy's control", with Ukrainian forces advancing 12 kilometres in depth and 40 kilometres across.
A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while around 121,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
On Tuesday, AFU Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky claimed that Ukrainian forces controlled '74 settlements', having previously stated that his forces had '1,000 square kilometres' of Russian territory. President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine'.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
The Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik claimed that Kiev’s incursion in the border region of Kursk had put future Russia-Ukraine peace talks on a 'long-term pause', as he held a briefing in Moscow on Wednesday.
"It was exactly Kiev's terrorist actions in the Kursk direction that put future peace talks on a long-term pause, to say the least. In my opinion, it was done deliberately, therefore negotiations with an absolutely inadequate adversary today, well, may be simply abnormal," the diplomat claimed.
He also alleged that 723 people were reported injured and 124 killed in Ukrainian drone strikes since the beginning of 2024. Kiev did not comment on his claims at time of publication.
According to reports, Ukrainian forces entered Kursk region on August 6, which Russian President Vladimir Putin called a 'large-scale provocation'.
Putin met with governors of Russia's border regions on Monday. According to the Kursk region's acting government, 12 people were killed, 121 wounded, including 10 children, in the attack.
Kursk's acting governor also claimed that "28 settlements are under the enemy's control", with Ukrainian forces advancing 12 kilometres in depth and 40 kilometres across.
A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while around 121,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
On Tuesday, AFU Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky claimed that Ukrainian forces controlled '74 settlements', having previously stated that his forces had '1,000 square kilometres' of Russian territory. President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine'.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.