Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin mocks peace talks as key power plant destroyed by drones near Kyiv
Vladimir Putin has mocked planned Ukraine peace talks and claimed Russia would never accept “any schemes that have nothing to do with reality”.
Switzerland said it would host a peace conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of fighting.
But Putin claimed Moscow hadn’t been invited to join the talks, while pointing at Swiss recognition that a peace process can’t happen without Russia.
“They aren’t inviting us there. Moreover, they think there is nothing for us to do there, but at the same time they say that’s it’s impossible to decide anything without us. It would have been funny if it weren’t so sad,” Putin said.
It comes as a major power plant near Kyiv was completely destroyed by Russian strikes in a “terrifying” attack, an energy company said.
Centrenergo chairman Andriy Hota said Trypillya power plant was hit by multiple drones – as part of an attack which saw 80 missiles and drones hit various sites across Ukraine.
Mr Hota said Thursday morning’s strikes destroyed “the transformer, the turbines, the generators. They destroyed 100 per cent”.
