The Daily Populous Tuesday February 24th, 2026 evening edition
Authored by pravda.com.ua and submitted by DreamLuminel

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said that Russia has not yet achieved all its goals in the war against Ukraine so aggression continues, while also claiming that Russia hopes for peace talks.

Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti

Details: Kremlin spokesperson called the occupation of part of Ukrainian territory "ensuring security of people who lived and live in the east of Ukraine". According to Peskov, this was the main goal of the war launched by Russia. "But goals [of Russia's war against Ukraine – ed.] have not been fully achieved so 'special military operation' (the Kremlin's term for the war against Ukraine) continues," he said.

Peskov also started to say that Russia allegedly remains open to achieving its goals by "political and diplomatic means".

"Is there still hope that conflict [Russia's war against Ukraine – ed.] can be ended through talks? This hope has not left us from the very beginning… Our position is well understood and consistent. Now everything depends on the actions of the Kyiv regime," the Kremlin spokesperson said.

Prior to this, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine will not agree to territorial concessions in exchange for a ceasefire because Russian leader Vladimir Putin is not going to end the war.

Earlier, various "peace plans" appeared in Western media that envisaged freezing the war on the current line of front and creating demilitarised zones deeper into Ukraine's territory.

At the same time, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, in a video address on the occasion of a Soviet-era holiday on 23 February, said that Russia will continue a large-scale build-up of military potential and called on society for total militarisation.

PressDoubt on February 24th, 2026 at 11:40 UTC »

The Kremlin achieved none of their own stated goals in 4 years time and even managed to severely worsen the strategic position of Russia with for example Finland and Sweden joining nato, the sanctions, Europe’s move away from Russian gas usage and the tanking of the Russian economy.

The Russian decision to fully invade Ukraine in 2022 turned out to be the worst strategic disaster for Russia in decades.

HMJebus on February 24th, 2026 at 11:34 UTC »

Haven't murdered enough human beings yet, have you?

Own-Branch-5137 on February 24th, 2026 at 11:20 UTC »

I thought it was a special military operation not a war.