Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to “finish off” Ukrainian troops on Friday — after the warmonger ordered strikes on a Ukrainian energy facility in a bold violation of the US-backed partial cease-fire.
Russian forces this week attacked a Ukrainian energy facility in Kherson, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky warned, accusing Putin of breaching the precarious deal halting military action in the Black Sea and pausing long-range attacks on energy infrastructure.
Putin, who had said that Moscow would end its strikes on Ukrainian energy targets, called on his troops to continue pushing forward into Ukraine and even step up their attacks.
“I was saying not so long ago: ‘We will finish them off.’ There are reasons to believe that we will finish them off,” Putin said while attending the International Arctic Forum in Murmansk, according to the AFP.
“We are gradually, not as fast as some would like, but nevertheless persistently and confidently moving toward achieving all the goals stated at the beginning of the special operation,” the Kremlin leader added.
Putin’s comments come as the Washington works to re-establish a relationship with Moscow and engage with both Russia and Ukraine in separate talks to reach a peace deal even.
After discussions in Saudi Arabia this week, The White House said the warring countries had agreed to “develop measures to implement the agreement to ban strikes against energy facilities in Russia and Ukraine.”
Putin has been accused by Ukraine and European leaders of trying to prolong ceasefire talks without any serious intent of ending the war.
