Moscow appeared adamant about the continuation of the war in Ukraine on Tuesday, placing the blame on Kiev. “Kiev’s position means that Russia’s goals in Ukraine can be achieved only by military force”, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

“We have to achieve our goals… At the moment this is possible only by military means because of the current position of the Kiev regime,” Peskov commented.

Russia claims it started the war in Ukraine to “liberate” Russian-speakers in eastern Donbas from what it calls the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev.

Ukraine and the West say this is a baseless pretext used by Moscow to justify its war and attempts to seize Ukrainian territory.

Moscow blames Kiev for the breakdown of talks on the possibility of a truce, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, for his part, has made it clear that he will consider a peace deal after Russian troops have previously withdrawn from Ukrainian territory.

Besides, when Peskov was asked about the information that wants the International Criminal Court in The Hague to soon seek the issuance of the first arrest warrants against Russians connected to the invasion of Ukraine, he replied that Moscow does not recognize its jurisdiction.

“We do not recognize this court, we do not recognize his jurisdiction,” Peskov said.

The ICC prosecutor is expected to seek a judge’s approval to issue arrest warrants against several Russians in connection with the abduction of children from Ukraine and their transfer to Russia, as well as the targeting of political infrastructure, an official told Reuters on Monday. source familiar with the matter.