Special operation, December 8: Peskov says the conflict will end even tomorrow if Kiev wants it

MOSCOW, December 8 – RIA Novosti. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that if Vladimir Zelensky wishes, the conflict in Ukraine can end tomorrow. According to the Russian politician, the President of Ukraine knows this.

Peskov also noted that there was no talk of annexing new territories to Russia, but that “there is a lot of work to be done to save their territory” of Russia’s new territories under Kiev’s control.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Thursday that Russian troops continued their offensive in the Krasno-Limansky direction, Ukrainian forces lost more than 60 people, and Russian aviation and artillery destroyed more than 70 Ukrainian military personnel in the Kupyansky direction.

Also, according to the agency, more than 90 Polish mercenaries were killed in Borovskoye, Kharkiv region, as a result of the attack by the Russian Aerospace Forces.

The ministry also noted that the Russian Armed Forces destroyed five launchers of the American MLRS multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) and the German-made MARS-II MLRS in the Zaporozhye region.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation commented on the statement of Steffen Hebeshtreit, spokesperson of the Council of Ministers of Germany, who described the attempts by Kiev to strike Russian airbases as legal and said that Ukraine “does not have to limit” its actions. their own regions.

According to Peskov, German statements about Ukraine’s attacks on Russian territory do not help resolve the conflict, but prolong “this whole difficult period.”

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukraine, the head of the Russian delegation at the talks on military security and arms control in Vienna, Konstantin Gavrilov, said that NATO was aware of the preparations for the latest Ukrainian attacks on Russian military airfields. On Monday, Soviet-made jet drones attacked the airports “Dyagilevo” in the Ryazan region and “Engels” in the Saratov region.

He told RIA Novosti that the drone used to strike airfields was modernized with the participation of a US company and used GPS for guidance.

Commenting on the risks of terrorist attacks in Sevastopol and Crimea, Peskov said that they exist, that Kiev continues its line of action, but the information received shows that Russia has taken effective countermeasures.

According to the Wall Street Journal’s report, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba claimed that the United States did not prohibit the use of American weapons against Crimea.