Vladimir Putin can't be trusted in talks over Ukraine

Vladimir Putin can’t be trusted in peace talks over Ukraine and could use them to buy time, James Cleverly warns

• He said Britain wanted to see talks ‘sooner rather than later’ but ‘need to be real’
• He added he has not seen anything from Russia that gives him confidence  
• Putin said on Friday a peace deal was likely to be needed to end the war

Vladimir Putin could use peace talks with Ukraine to buy time to rearm and cannot be trusted to enter negotiations in good faith, the Foreign Secretary warned yesterday.

James Cleverly said that while Britain wanted to see talks ‘sooner rather than later’, any negotiations ‘need to be real… they can’t just be a fig leaf for Russian rearmament and further recruitment of soldiers’.

He told Sky News: ‘I’m not seeing anything coming from the Russian side that gives me confidence Vladimir Putin is entering these talks in good faith.’

The Russian president said on Friday a peace deal was likely to be needed to end the war.

James Cleverly (pictured) said that while Britain wanted to see talks ‘sooner rather than later’, any negotiations ‘need to be real’

The Russian president (pictured) said on Friday a peace deal was likely to be needed to end the war

Ukrainian forces struck the HQ of the notorious Wagner mercenary group in Luhansk, the region’s Ukrainian governor claimed last night. Serhiy Haidai said a hotel in Kadiivka was hit, with major Russian losses.

There are claims the attack on Russian barracks in occupied Melitopol left 200 troops killed or wounded.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 1.5million people were left without power after Russia used Iranian drones to strike Odesa.

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