Russia wants to sign "peace deal" with tip of cruise missile – military observer

He shared his opinions with Espreso TV.

“Today’s attack is outright coercion. Russia is clearly showing the kind of ‘peace’ it seeks. This isn’t peace — it’s capitulation. It wants to sign a deal with the tip of a cruise missile it launches.

I never believed in the possibility of such a deal, and I still don’t. There are no signs that either side is in a hopeless position. A peace agreement is only possible in two cases: either one side surrenders due to despair, or both are stuck in a deadlock,” Pekhno explained.

According to the military observer, Russia has not yet reached a dead end. It continues to carry out missile strikes and clearly does not face a shortage of "cannon fodder." The main problem now, he noted, is the lack of progress on the front lines, where Russia has failed to achieve any significant success.

“Some say Ukraine is in a desperate position — and there are indeed many signs of that: a shortage of mobilization reserves, diplomatic difficulties with its key ally, the U.S., and more,” he noted. “But a country that’s supposedly cornered doesn’t mass-produce drones that now stop up to 80% of Russian attacks. It doesn’t strike strategic enemy targets almost nightly — from defense factories to ammo depots. A country about to capitulate doesn’t ramp up arms production and modernize. That’s why I don’t believe in these so-called ‘peace deals’ — this is bloody coercion.”

• On the evening of Wednesday, April 23, the Russian army launched attack drones against Ukraine. Overnight into April 24, Russia also fired Kalibr missiles.
• On the night of April 24, the Russian troops launched a combined attack on Ukraine with missiles of various types of air, land, and sea-based missiles, as well as Shahed attack UAVs and other types of decoy drones. Ukrainian defenders shot down 48 missiles and 64 Russian drones.