Russia is still ready to hold negotiations on the Ukrainian conflict settlement, including with the United States, but the Kiev authorities are against it, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. “We have been always saying this, and I want to reiterate it, that we are ready for such negotiations ...
The Ukrainian military command has turned Kurakhovo in the Donetsk People’s Republic into a fortified stronghold over the past 10 years, the Russian Defense Ministry said. “Over ten years, the Kiev regime turned it into a powerful fortified area with the developed network of permanent firing positions and underground communications,” ...