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Putin Says Ukrainian Threats to Civil Aviation Are Hindering Peace Talks

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Vladimir Putin said alleged Ukrainian threats against civilian aviation were hindering the possibility of bilateral peace talks and called them an expression of state terrorism.
  • He said constructive negotiations remained possible, thanked the United States and China for supporting a political settlement, and acknowledged continued contacts between Russian and Ukrainian intelligence services.
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia’s airspace would become unsafe because of drones, while stressing that Ukraine did not threaten civilian aircraft; some international airlines later canceled flights to Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said warnings about possible attacks on civilian aviation were blocking the prospect of peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Speaking at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, he called such threats “an expression of state terrorism.”

This undoubtedly obstructs the possibility of holding bilateral peace negotiations.

· Vladimir PutinPutin described alleged threats to civilian aviation as an obstacle to talks between Russia and Ukraine.

Putin said Moscow would respond if the alleged provocations took place. At the same time, he said constructive peace talks were still possible and thanked countries including the United States and China for continuing to press for a political settlement.

He said Russia and Ukraine ultimately had to reach an agreement themselves. Despite the accumulated tensions, he added, the two countries’ intelligence services still maintain contacts. Putin also said he found it difficult to judge how ready Ukrainian officials were for a peace agreement based on their recent statements.

Threats of attacks against civilian aircraft are, of course, an expression of state terrorism.

· Vladimir PutinPutin characterized the alleged Ukrainian aviation threats during his remarks in Vladivostok.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that airlines using Russian airspace and Russia’s main airports should be warned that the country’s skies would become completely unsafe. He later said Ukraine was not threatening civilian aviation or any aircraft, but that drones would appear in Russian skies on a scale airlines needed to consider.

Russia’s airspace will become completely unsafe.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy warned airlines and travelers using Russian airspace.

Zelenskyy said Ukraine did not want innocent people to die and urged airlines flying mainly to Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian destinations to take the warning seriously. Russia’s transport minister, Andrei Nikitin, said his ministry was coordinating with the Defense Ministry to prevent threats to air communications. Turkish airline Pegasus was among the carriers that canceled flights to Russia on Wednesday.

Ukraine does not threaten civil aviation and does not threaten a single aircraft.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy rejected the suggestion that Ukraine was directly threatening civilian aircraft while warning about drones over Russia.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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