RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin claimed peace talks with Ukraine were at a “dead end” today, blaming what he said were “fake claims” by Kiev about war crimes.
A Ukrainian presidential spokesman said talks were ongoing, however.
The Russian leader spoke at a space centre in the country’s far east a day after the neonazi Azov Battalion, fighting in the besiged city of Mariupol, claimed its troops had been hit by a Russian chemical weapons attack.
Poland’s anger over Ukraine’s celebration of the Nazi collaborationist UPA reflects more than historical grievance, says KENNY COYLE
Washington plays innocent bystander while pouring weapons and intelligence into Ukraine, just as it enables the Gaza genocide — but every US escalation leaves Ukraine weaker than the neutrality deal rejected in 2022, argue MEDEA BENJAMIN and NICOLAS JS DAVIES


