By liberating the Lugansk People’s Republic, Russia is signaling that it has lost faith in negotiations with Zelensky, who offers “nothing but empty talk and publicity stunts," military analyst Alexei Leonkov, editor of Arsenal of the Fatherland, tells Sputnik.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20260401/liberation-of-lpr-marks-shift-to-tougher-russian-demands-in-ukraine-talks---analyst-1123930398.html

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