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Al Arabiya
6 days ago
- General
- Al Arabiya
Putin openly questions peace talks after blaming Ukraine for deadly bridge attacks
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday openly questioned the point of peace talks with Ukraine after accusing Kyiv's senior leadership of ordering deadly terrorist attacks on bridges in Russia that killed seven and injured 115 more. Russian investigators said that Ukraine blew up a highway bridge over a railway on Saturday just as a passenger train with 388 people on board was underneath it. The attacks came ahead of peace talks in Turkey on Monday. Putin said the attacks on the bridge in Bryansk and another one in Kursk had been directed clearly against the civilian population and that the attacks were evidence that the Kyiv government 'was degenerating into a terrorist organization, and its sponsors are becoming accomplices of terrorists.' 'The current Kyiv regime does not need peace at all,' Putin said at a televised meeting with senior officials. 'What is there to talk about? How can we negotiate with those who rely on terror?' Putin suggested that any ceasefire would simply be used to pump Ukraine full of Western weapons. Ukraine has not commented on the bridge blasts.
Al Arabiya
03-06-2025
- General
- Al Arabiya
Russia accuses Ukraine to be behind rail blasts that killed seven
Russia on Tuesday said Ukraine was behind rail blasts in its western border regions that derailed a passenger train, killing seven people and wounding dozens more at the weekend. The deadly explosion in Russia's Bryansk region that borders Ukraine caused a road bridge to collapse onto a railway line late Saturday and derail a passenger train, the authorities said. For the latest updates on the Russia-Ukraine war, visit our dedicated page. 'The terrorists, acting on the orders of the Kyiv regime, planned everything with maximum precision so that hundreds of innocent civilians would come under their attacks,' Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement posted on Telegram. Moscow had previously said the blasts were an act of 'terrorism' though had not directly pointed the finger at Kyiv. Investigators said they had retrieved pieces of explosive devices from the accident site and have gathered testimonies of eyewitnesses and the wounded. A separate rail bridge in the neighboring Kursk region was blown up hours later in the early hours of Sunday, derailing a freight train and injuring the driver. When asked earlier on Tuesday, the Kremlin declined to offer more details on the bridge blasts, pointing to the ongoing investigation. Russia's has been hit by dozens of sabotage attacks since Moscow launched its military offensive on its neighbor in 2022, many targeting its vast railroad network. Kyiv says Russia uses railroads to transport troops and weaponry to its forces fighting in Ukraine.
Al Jazeera
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Moscow outlaws Amnesty International for ‘Russophobia' amid Ukraine war
Russian authorities have designated Amnesty International as an 'undesirable' organisation, alleging that the rights group propagates pro-war content backed by the Western allies of Ukraine, in the latest crackdown on Kremlin critics. The Russian Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement on Monday that Amnesty's London office has acted as a 'centre for the preparation of global Russophobic projects paid for by accomplices of the Kyiv regime', according to state-run media. It claimed that since the start of the war in February 2022, Amnesty has been 'doing everything possible to intensify the military confrontation in the region', including by 'insisting on the political and economic isolation of our country'. The office also emphasised that members of the international rights group 'support extremist organisations and finance the activities of foreign agents'. Amnesty did not immediately respond to the allegations. The designation means the international human rights group must stop any work in Russia, and those accused of cooperating with or supporting it will be exposed to criminal prosecution. This could even include anyone who shares Amnesty International's reports on social media. Russia currently recognises 223 entities as 'undesirable' organisations, including some prominent independent, as well as Western-backed news outlets and rights groups. Some of those include Transparency International, Latvia-based outlet Meduza, and US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Amnesty International was established in 1961 to document and report human rights violations around the globe and campaign for the release of those deemed unjustly imprisoned. The organisation won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977, having been recognised 'for worldwide respect for human rights' and efforts to combat torture, advocate for prisoners of conscience, and promote global adherence to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In addition to covering human rights violations during the Ukraine war, the group has documented massacres in the Gaza Strip and Israeli apartheid, as well as atrocities in Sudan and many other countries. Moscow has intensified its crackdown on human rights groups and civil society organisations as relations with the West plummeted over the Ukraine war and the expansion of NATO. This has included expanding the 'undesirable' and 'foreign agent' designations to shut down opposing voices, as well as the suppression of some minority groups' rights. The move on Monday came as US President Donald Trump was due to hold a phone call with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid efforts to end the fighting. The diplomatic efforts follow inconclusive direct talks, the first in three years, between delegations from Ukraine and Russia in Turkiye's Istanbul on Friday. The brief talks yielded only an agreement to swap 1,000 prisoners of war, according to the heads of both delegations, in what would be their biggest such exchange since the war began. A senior Ukrainian official familiar with the talks said Russian negotiators demanded Kyiv pull its troops out of all its regions claimed by Moscow before they would agree to a ceasefire. That is a red line for Ukraine, and as it stands, Russia does not have full control in those regions.
