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Russia vows to 'blow up everything that needs to be blown up' in Ukraine after 'delusional talks' fail
In a statement on Telegram, the former president said that the purpose of the negotiation talks in Turkey was not to strike a peace deal on 'delusional terms' but to secure 'swift victory' and ensure the 'complete destruction of the neo-Nazi regime' in Kyiv read more
Plumes of smoke are seen rising over the Belaya air base in the Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia after a Ukrainian drone attack in the Irkutsk region, more than 4,000 kilometres from Ukraine. AP
Russian key security official Dmitry Medvedev has said that Moscow will 'blow up everything that needs to be blown up' after Ukraine intensified its strikes deep in the country. He also suggested that Russia is no longer interested in making compromises to reach a deal with Kyiv.
In a statement on Telegram, the former president said that the purpose of the negotiation talks in Turkey was not to strike a peace deal on 'delusional terms' but to secure 'swift victory' and ensure the 'complete destruction of the neo-Nazi regime' in Kyiv.
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Medvedev referred to a set of Russian demands presented to Ukraine at talks in Istanbul on Monday.
They included handing over more territory, becoming a neutral country, accepting limits on the size of the Ukrainian army and holding new parliamentary and presidential elections.
'Retribution is inevitable'
The top official threatened that Russia would respond to Ukraine's drone attack, saying, 'retribution is inevitable'.
'Our Army is pushing forward and will continue to advance. Everything that needs to be blown up will be blown up, and those who must be eliminated will be,' he said.
Kyiv used inexpensive drones at the weekend to destroy Russian nuclear-capable bombers worth billions of dollars in an operation carried out after months of planning.
'Spider's Web' dealt a blow to Russia more than three years after its invasion of Ukraine, and the operation will now be studied closely by militaries around the world as a new strategy in asymmetric warfare.
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