- This contented was produced successful Russia, wherever the instrumentality restricts sum of Russian subject operations successful Ukraine.
MOSCOW, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The Kremlin connected Thursday denied that its attacks connected Ukraine's energy web were aimed astatine civilians, but said Kyiv could "end the suffering" of its colonisation by gathering Russia's demands to resoluteness the conflict.
Repeated rocket barrages against powerfulness infrastructure crossed Ukraine implicit the past fewer weeks person forced millions of radical to spell without light, h2o oregon heating for hours oregon days astatine a time, conscionable arsenic outdoor temperatures autumn beneath freezing.
But Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that "there person been nary strikes connected 'social' targets and determination are nary - peculiar attraction is paid to this".
"As for targets that are straight oregon indirectly related to subject potential, they are accordingly taxable to strikes," helium said.
Peskov was asked however the suffering of Ukraine's civilian colonisation could beryllium reconciled with President Vladimir Putin's positions. Putin has said Russia does not privation to destruct Ukraine oregon its people.
"The enactment of Ukraine has each accidental to bring the concern backmost to normal, has each accidental to resoluteness the concern successful specified a mode arsenic to fulfil the requirements of the Russian broadside and, accordingly, extremity each imaginable suffering among the population."
Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Alex Richardson
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