Russia targeting civilians shows peace talks won’t work. This Is Why

Even as delegates gathered in Abu Dhabi for renewed negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Moscow’s missiles continued to hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

Of course, the response from Russia is that retaliatory strikes on oil and gas sites amount to the same thing.

But the United Nations has identified a growing number of Russian attacks on civilian targets that have little or no military justification.

Niall Paterson is joined by Sky’s defence analyst, Robert Clark, who argues that Moscow’s continued action shows it has little appetite to stop the fighting.

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