Russia says Ukraine's denial to negotiate peace worsens prospects for preserving statehood

In a major development, Russian State Duma Speaker and former aide to President Vlimir Putin, Vyacheslav Volodin, warned Ukraine's refusal to negotiate a peace deal with Moscow could impact prospects for preserving Ukrainian statehood.
While speaking at deputies of People's Assembly of LPR on Thursday, TASS News ncy reported that Duma Speaker accused United States and its allies of hindering peace negotiations between two countries engd in brutal war for last four months. According to Volodin, refusal to negotiate for peace would t affect Russia's plans and actions against Kyiv.  

" refusal of Kyiv regime and ir Western masters from peaceful negotiations does t affect plans and actions of our country in any way. But this refusal directly affects prospects for preserving Ukrainian statehood as such. In fact, by se actions, Kyiv regime creates conditions for Ukraine to disappear as a state in future," Russian news ncy quoted Volodin as saying. 

Furr, Russian Duma's Speaker claimed that Biden ministration and Brussels rejected all offers of Moscow to rmalise ongoing circumstances. He even accused US of executing experiments with biological weapons in laboratories in Ukraine -- a claim that was reiterated by several Russian leers since onset of war. On multiple occasions including, in United Nations, US formally refuted claims me by Permanent Representative of Russian Federation to United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, regarding any biological weapons projects in Ukraine.

"On this path, y eventually reached experiments with biological weapons in laboratories created on territory of Ukraine. y encourd claims of Kyiv regime to possess nuclear weapons of mass destruction," Volodin said.

Volodin accuses West of supporting gecide in LPR and DPR

According to Duma's Speaker, West openly supported policy of gecide against citizens of LPR and DPR. tably, Putin signed a decree recognising independence of breakaway regions Donetsk and Luhansk, merely two days before anuncing a formal "military operation "against his neighbouring country. He again accused West of driving Ukraine to battle zone by injecting more weapons into alrey war-ravd nation. He opined that West's action could push Kyiv into military debt that eventually takes generations for Ukraine to pay.

Im: State Duma