By RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
The Russian president suggests it would be “easier” to negotiate with the Ukrainian Army than with politicians in Kiev
Ukraine’s Armed Forces should “take power” in the country and negotiate peace with Moscow, President Vladimir Putin said during a Russian Security Council meeting on Friday. He also accused the Kiev government and “neo-Nazis” of using civilians as “human shields” amid Russia’s offensive in Ukraine.
Putin said the Ukrainian military must not allow their government to use their “children, wives and loved ones as human shields” – tactics he insisted Kiev was using during Moscow’s military operation.
“Take the power into your own hands!” the Russian president said, arguing that the army would be a better negotiating partner than “a bunch of drug addicts and neo-Nazis” who he claimed have “entrenched themselves in Kiev,” and have been holding the people “hostage.”
