“We are convinced that NATO is designed for confrontation and we must take measures for our security”: Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov was interviewed by Sky News UK on the war in Ukraine and the consequences for Russia. Peskov added that the Atlantic Alliance “is not peaceful, its purpose is to oppose our country.” Then he reiterated that if Sweden and Finland joined NATO, “we have to balance the situation. I repeat, our west flank needs to be more and more sophisticated to ensure our security (WAR IN UKRAINE, THE SKY TG24 SPECIAL ALL UPDATES IN REAL TIME).
“Mariupol will be released soon”
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Peskov said during an interview with Sky News that Mariupol will be “liberated” “soon” by Russian forces. The Kremlin spokesman again called the reconstruction of the attack on the city hospital “wrong”. Peskov insisted on labeling the allegations against Moscow troops based on the images taken in Bucha as a result of “fake news” and “lies” by Ukrainians: including raising suspicions on the date of the disseminated satellite images from a company that he argued in the face of the complaints of the British journalist who showed them to him had ties “to the Pentagon”.
The Kremlin admits “significant casualties” among Russian soldiers
The Kremlin spokesman admitted that Russian forces had suffered “considerable casualties” in Ukraine, calling it a “tragedy” without giving any figures. However, Peskov insisted on denying that Moscow’s “special operation” was not going according to plan and dismissed the withdrawal from the Kyiv region as a “goodwill gesture” to facilitate negotiations. He then repeated blanket allegations against “Ukrainian nationalists for war crimes and the use of “civilians as human shields; while ruling out that Vladimir Putin could ever be tried in an international court.
“We will defend ourselves with all legal means”
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The Kremlin also deplores the General Assembly’s qualified majority vote that suspended Russia from the UN Human Rights Council today, but reiterated that Moscow will continue to “defend itself” on the international stage “by any legal means” at its disposal, Peskov broke off. when asked about it and to express his point of view regarding the Ukraine crisis.