Russia says prospects for Ukraine peace deal now faded as its war rages on

Russia appears resigned to the illness of bid efforts for the warfare it instigated, and prosecutes to this day, successful Ukraine pursuing President Vladimir Putin’s acme with his United States counterpart Donald Trump successful Anchorage, Alaska, successful August, saying immoderate advancement emerged from the historical gathering has each but unravelled.

Speaking to Russia’s national assembly connected Wednesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said, “Unfortunately, we indispensable admit that the almighty momentum generated by Anchorage successful favour of agreements … has mostly been undermined.”

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Ryabkov blamed European countries for overmuch of the impasse, accusing them of wanting to wage “a warfare to the past Ukrainian”, according to Russia’s state-owned TASS quality agency.

His comments appeared to dash immoderate faint hopes for a speedy extremity to the warfare successful Ukraine, present successful its 4th year, whose accelerated solution Trump had made a key run promise.

Casting himself arsenic a mediator, the US president made aboriginal overtures to Moscow and pressured Ukraine to marque achy territorial concessions, erstwhile adjacent berating its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy successful the White House and accusing him of “gambling with World War III”.

Trump’s diplomatic propulsion culminated successful the historic Alaska summit, but it failed to nutrient a truce oregon meaningful compromises from Moscow.

Since then, the US president has grown weary of Putin’s reticence towards a deal, saying helium is “very disappointed” with the Russian leader, who claims Moscow has captured 5,000 quadrate kilometres (1930 quadrate miles) successful Ukraine successful 2025 alone.

Trump has besides appeared to bash a U-turn connected Ukraine, precocious saying the state should effort to “take back” each its occupied territory with Europe’s and NATO’s help.

As the Kremlin continues to onslaught civilian areas connected a near-daily basis, Zelenskyy has reiterated that lone accrued punishing sanctions, including from the US, volition rein Russia in. Trump has been reluctant to instrumentality that captious adjacent step.

Last month, US Vice President JD Vance said Washington was considering sending long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, a determination Putin has warned would mean a “whole caller level of escalation”.

On Wednesday, Ryabkov said sending Tomahawks to Ukraine would person “severe” consequences and urged Washington to reconsider the decision.

Ryabkov said US-Russian ties were “cracking” astatine their “foundation” – and “the Americans are to blasted for this.”

Ukrainian vigor infrastructure targeted

Deadly aerial attacks betwixt Russia and Ukraine continued aboriginal Wednesday, with each broadside accusing the different of targeting civilians.

In Russia’s Belgorod portion bordering Ukraine, a rocket onslaught killed 3 radical successful the colony of Maslova Pristan, astir 15km (nine miles) from the border, the section politician said.

The politician said the onslaught had partially destroyed a “social facility” and posted images of what appeared to beryllium a sports hall, its facade partially shattered.

A crater adjacent to a sports analyzable gathering destroyed by what Russian authorities called a caller Ukrainian rocket attack, successful the colony of Maslova Pristan successful Russia’s Belgorod region, October 8 [Governor of Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov via Telegram/Handout via Reuters]

Moscow’s Ministry of Defence said it had intercepted 53 Ukrainian drones overnight, astir of them implicit the Belgorod region, a predominant people of attacks.

Russia, for its part, fired astatine slightest 183 drones astatine Ukrainian territory betwixt precocious Tuesday and aboriginal Wednesday, the Ukrainian aerial unit said. Among the targets were obstruction and vigor infrastructure, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said.

One onslaught earnestly damaged 1 of Ukraine’s thermal powerfulness plants, a cardinal vigor supplier starring into the winter, according to Ukrainian energy supplier DTEK. Another strike, successful the confederate metropolis of Kherson, killed 2 aged people, section officials said.

‘Hybrid warfare’ successful Europe

Meanwhile, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has blamed Russia for waging a signifier of “hybrid warfare” successful Europe, aft weeks of aerial incursions, cyberattacks and harm to undersea cables rattled countries including Estonia, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Poland and Romania.

“This is simply a deliberate and targeted grey-zone run against Europe, and Europe indispensable respond,” she said.