President Vladimir Zelensky says Russia launched 85 projectiles that damaged the country’s energy system Russia has targeted Ukrainian energy infrastructure in a “massive” missile attack, Kiev announced on Tuesday. The strikes came less than a day after President Vladimir Zelensky set conditions for peace talks with Russia that Moscow called “unrealistic and inadequate.”

It is based on moral guidelines that have been passed down through generations, the president said The basis of Russia’s national identity is respect for the past and loyalty to long-standing traditions, President Vladimir Putin has suggested, accusing a number of states of aggressively attempting to rewrite world history.

Kiev cannot and does not want to negotiate, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said Russia is eager to respond to French President Emmanuel Macron’s call to begin a peace process in Ukraine, but doesn’t see a path to the negotiating table at the moment, Kremlin press-secretary Dmitry Peskov has said.