Russian president on the Israel-Hamas war
Russian president Vladimir Putin said the use of heavy equipment in residential areas during potential ground offensive in Gaza would be "a complicated thing," during a summit on Friday of CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries in the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek. teleSUR
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00:00 Russian President Vladimir Putin said use of heavy equipment in residential areas during
00:05 Putin's ground offensive in Gaza would be a "complicating thing" during a summit on
00:10 Friday in CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States, countries in the Kurdistan capital
00:17 of Bishkek.
00:18 "We can hear about plans to prepare a ground operation in Gaza, but you and I understand
00:27 that, speaking semi-professionally, the use of heavy equipment in residential areas is
00:36 a complicated thing, fraught with serious consequences for all parties.
00:45 Carrying out these operations without technology among the residential buildings is even more
00:51 difficult.
00:55 Most importantly, casualties among civilians will be absolutely unacceptable.
01:00 Almost two million people live there."
01:03 In this context, Putin points out that despite the intensified conflict, it is necessary
01:09 to think first of all about the civilian population.
01:12 "We proceed from the fact that there is no alternative to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli
01:18 conflict without negotiations.
01:23 The goal should be the implementation of the UN's two-state solution, which implies the
01:31 creation of an independent Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem, existing
01:36 in peace and security with Israel, which was also subjected to an attack unprecedented
01:44 in its cruelty and has the right to be protected."
01:48 Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday against a hurry in civilian in Gaza.
01:53 "They say that military and non-military measures of the same kind may be taken in relation
02:00 to the Gaza Strip as during the siege of Leningrad in World War II.
02:04 But we understand what it means, and in my opinion, this is unacceptable.
02:14 than 2 million people live there.
02:16 Not all of them support Hague.