Ukrainian forces piled pressure on Russian positions in occupied Kherson, targeting resupply routes across a major river while inching closer Friday to making a full-scale assault on one of the first urban areas Russia captured after invading the country.
As many as 2,000 Russian draftees have poured into the Kherson region – one of four provinces illegally annexed by Moscow – “to replenish losses and strengthen units on the front line,” according to the Ukrainian army’s general staff. …
Amid the fighting, the Kremlin insisted Friday that Putin has been open to negotiations “from the very beginning” and “nothing has changed” in that respect.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Putin “tried to initiate talks with both NATO and the United States even before the special military operation” — the Russian term for its war in Ukraine.
[Nonsense. Putin thought he could win a quick victory and seize Ukraine. Now he’s desperate for a way out. — Ed]
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