Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia would continue its "special military operation" in Ukraine, reported Reuters. This statement followed comments by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from yesterday, quoted by BTA.
Zelensky announced that he will present his detailed plan, which is not yet public, to US President Joe Biden, as well as to his two potential successors — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
During a press conference, Zelensky announced that the current entry of Ukrainian troops into Russia's Kursk region is part of this plan. He added that the plan also contains other measures of an economic and diplomatic nature.
According to Zelensky, the aim of the plan is to force Moscow to end the war. The Ukrainian president has been calling on Washington for some time to allow the Armed Forces of Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range weapons to strike deep into Russian territory.
"This is not the first time we have heard such statements from representatives of the Kyiv regime. We are aware of the nature of this regime," Peskov told reporters, commenting on Zelensky's plan. "We are continuing our special military operation and will achieve all our goals," he added.
Russia is currently repelling the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast that began on August 6, and is continuing its own push into Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine.
Peskov added that Russia supports India's view that a peaceful settlement of the conflict is needed, but said it is "more than obvious" that there is currently no basis for such negotiations.
Yesterday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that during a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he supported a recent peaceful resolution of the Ukrainian conflict — days after the Prime Minister held talks in Kyiv with Zelensky.