Putin rejects key parts of US peace plan as Kremlin official warns Europe faces new war risk: report

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly rejected cardinal elements of the U.S.-backed connection to extremity the warfare successful Ukraine, arsenic elder Kremlin officials escalate warnings toward Europe implicit efforts to usage frozen Russian assets to enactment Kyiv.

According to the Associated Press, Putin said determination were parts of the American connection helium "can’t accept," including requirements for Russia to retreat from occupied Ukrainian territory. His comments came arsenic diplomatic enactment intensified pursuing meetings successful Geneva and Florida betwixt Ukrainian representatives and U.S. medication envoys.

The latest improvement comes aft much lethal strikes deed Ukraine overnight, wherever Russian forces killed a 6-year-old miss successful Kherson, officials said. 

The Russian Defense Ministry boasted of footage showing however they were relentlessly pounding Huliaipole with Grad rockets. At slightest six radical were injured successful a Russian drone onslaught connected Odesa, which damaged the city's vigor infrastructure, East2West quality bureau reported. Six much radical were wounded from a Russian onslaught connected Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But Ukrainian drones attacked Nevinnomyssk Azot, a cardinal supplier of explosives and rocket substance components.

MOMENTUM BUILDS IN UKRAINE PEACE PUSH, BUT EXPERTS FEAR PUTIN WON’T BUDGE

The aftermath of a Russian drone onslaught successful Odesa that injured astatine slightest six radical and damaged the city’s vigor infrastructure. (East2West )

Former Russian President and Security Council Deputy Chair Dmitry Medvedev warned that if the European Union uses frozen Russian authorities assets to supply fiscal enactment to Ukraine, Moscow could dainty the determination arsenic a justification for war. Reuters reported.

"If the crazed European Union attempts to bargain Russian assets, blocked successful Belgium, by issuing alleged reparative loans, specified actions nether planetary instrumentality whitethorn beryllium classified arsenic a peculiar benignant of casus belli with each the ensuing consequences for Brussels and idiosyncratic EU countries," Medvedev said. He added that repayment could travel "not done court, but done existent reparations paid successful earthy signifier by the defeated enemies of Russia."

Reuters noted that EU leaders are considering ways to leverage astir €190 billion, astir $221.8 billion, successful frozen Russian sovereign assets to assistance money Ukraine’s fund and subject needs. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said this week that Europe intends to guarantee Ukraine "has the means" to support itself, proposing enactment totaling astir €90 billion, astir $105.1 billion,  over the adjacent 2 years.

NO UKRAINE PEACE DEAL AFTER LENGTHY FIVE-HOUR PUTIN-WITKOFF-KUSHNER MEETING

Former Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (R) warns EU of warfare justification arsenic Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) dismisses a large plank of the U.S. Ukraine proposal. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

"We are expanding the outgo of Russia’s warfare of aggression," von der Leyen said. She added that raising unit connected Moscow should assistance bring Putin to negotiations, adjacent arsenic Russia signals it is not acceptable to compromise.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded publically to the diplomatic momentum, penning connected X that Ukraine is preparing further meetings with American envoys. "Ukraine was heard, and Ukraine was listened to. And that matters," Zelenskyy wrote. "A dignified bid is lone imaginable if Ukraine’s interests are taken into account."

He added that immoderate bid effort indispensable harvester diplomacy with continued unit connected Moscow. "Everything depends connected this operation — constructive diplomacy positive unit connected the aggressor."

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The aftermath of a Russian drone onslaught successful Odesa that injured astatine slightest six radical and damaged the city’s vigor infrastructure. (East2West)

Russia, meanwhile, has continued subject operations crossed Ukraine, according to Associated Press reporting, arsenic some sides hole for further negotiations successful the United States.

Putin’s rejection of the program and Medvedev’s warnings to Europe item widening diplomatic and subject unit points conscionable arsenic planetary efforts intensify to find an exit way from the astir three-year war.

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.