Now says peace talks with ukraine have reached a dead end. during a news conference in russia s far east, he blamed ukrainian negotiators for deviating from agreements reached when the two sides met in istanbul last month. ukraine says its position hasn t changed and blames russia for sabotaging the talks. during that same news conference, vladimir putin also said that russia has no choice now but to continue military operations until they reach their quote full completion. also known as until they win a battle. despite being forced to narrow his war aims and focus primarily on eastern ukraine, which is completely not what he said before, putin said russian troops are still acting according to the plan that was originally proposed. president search mocked the russian president s remarks, wondering who would approve a plan that cost the lives of thousands of their own soldiers