{"id":335946,"date":"2022-02-26T00:46:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T06:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=335946"},"modified":"2022-02-26T07:12:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T12:42:17","slug":"putin-tells-ukrainian-military-to-take-power-into-their-hands-negotiate-with-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/putin-tells-ukrainian-military-to-take-power-into-their-hands-negotiate-with-moscow\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin tells Ukrainian military to \u2018take power into their hands\u2019 &#038; negotiate with Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-335950\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/putin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/putin.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/putin-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/putin-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/putin-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/putin-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/putin-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/putin-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/putin-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4000px) 100vw, 4000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During a Russian Security Council meeting on Friday,\u00a0 Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that it would be \u201ceasier\u201d to negotiate with the Ukrainian Army than with politicians in Kiev. Ukraine\u2019s armed forces should take power in the country and negotiate peace with Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>He also accused the Kiev government and \u201cneo-Nazis\u201d of using civilians as \u201chuman shields\u201d amid Russia\u2019s offensive in Ukraine. Putin said the Ukrainian military must not allow the government to use their \u201cchildren, wives and loved ones as human shields\u201d \u2013 tactics he insisted Kiev is using during Moscow\u2019s military operation, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTake the power into your own hands!\u201d the Russian President said, arguing that the army would be a better negotiating partner than \u201ca bunch of drug-addicts and neo-Nazis\u201d who he claimed have \u201centrenched themselves in Kiev\u201d, and have been holding the people \u201chostage\u201d, RT reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, I would like to commend the efficiency of Russian armed forces, they have been acting honourably, heroically and they are effective and efficient at protecting the Russian people and their homeland,\u201d Putin said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Europe has enough strength to stop this aggression: Ukraine Prez<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged European countries to do more to help, as he urged his citizens to resist Russian invasion, BBC reported. The second day of fighting saw tanks enter the capital, Kiev, for the first time, as Ukrainian military vehicles also rushed to the city to defend it.Ukrainian officials said they have handed out 18,000 guns to volunteers, as well as issuing instructions on how to make petrol bombs, the report said.\u00a0 NATO leaders meet to reassure allies near Russia, Ukraine<br \/>\nUS President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts sought Friday to reassure member countries on the alliance\u2019s eastern flank that their security is guaranteed as Russia\u2019s large-scale invasion of Ukraine closes in on the capital, Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>With Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealing for help, NATO members ranging from Russia\u2019s neighbor Estonia in the north down to Bulgaria on the Black Sea coast triggered urgent consultations about their security. Only Hungary refrained.<br \/>\nThe leaders, meeting via videoconference, were taking stock of NATO\u2019s own military buildup. The world\u2019s biggest security organization previously had around 5,000 troops stationed in the Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and Poland, but has significantly beefed up its defenses over the past three months\u2026..AGENCIES<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-335949 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/joe-biden-bloomberg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/joe-biden-bloomberg.jpg 800w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/joe-biden-bloomberg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/joe-biden-bloomberg-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/joe-biden-bloomberg-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/joe-biden-bloomberg-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/joe-biden-bloomberg-485x360.jpg 485w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/joe-biden-bloomberg-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/joe-biden-bloomberg-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoon after Russia declared military operation against Ukraine, US condemned the \u2018unprovoked and unjustified\u2019 attack by Russia on Ukraine\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Joe Biden<\/strong><br \/>\nUS President<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-335947 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/image-8.jpeg 524w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/image-8-300x188.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussian President Vladimir Putin to give peace a chance. He never believed rumours that Russia would invade Ukraine and was convinced that nothing serious would happen\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Antonia Guterres<\/strong><br \/>\nUN Secretary General<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-335948 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/channels4_profile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/channels4_profile.jpg 900w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/channels4_profile-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/channels4_profile-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/channels4_profile-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/channels4_profile-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2022\/02\/channels4_profile-420x420.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmediate cessation of violence and return to the path of diplomatic negotiations and dialogue\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Narendra Modi<\/strong><br \/>\nPrime Minister of India<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a Russian Security Council meeting on Friday,\u00a0 Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that it would be \u201ceasier\u201d to negotiate with the Ukrainian Army than with politicians in Kiev. Ukraine\u2019s armed forces should take power in the country and negotiate peace with Moscow. He also accused the Kiev government and \u201cneo-Nazis\u201d of using civilians as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":335950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[15163,12311,2549,316,1712,15164,15165],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335951,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335946\/revisions\/335951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/335950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}