Russian Missiles Rain Down On Ukraine As Putin Says He Is Open To "Talks"
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Russia on Sunday launched more than 10 rocket attacks on the Kupiansk district in the Kharkiv region and shelled more than 25 towns.
Russian forces bombarded scores of towns in Ukraine on Christmas Day as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations, a stance Washington has dismissed as posturing because of continued Russian attacks.
Russia on Sunday launched more than 10 rocket attacks on the Kupiansk district in the Kharkiv region, shelled more than 25 towns along the Kupiansk-Lyman frontline, and in Zaporizhzhia hit nearly 20 towns, said Ukraine's top military command.
Putin's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine - which Moscow calls a "special operation" - has triggered the deadliest European conflict since World War Two and the biggest confrontation between Moscow and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Despite Putin's latest offer to negotiate, there is no end in sight to the 10-month conflict.
"We are ready to negotiate with everyone involved about acceptable solutions, but that is up to them - we are not the ones refusing to negotiate, they are," Putin told Rossiya 1 state television in an interview broadcast on Sunday.
