Putin Murka With Ukrainian Attack: Kyiv Doesn't Want Peace, How Can We Negotiate?

JAKARTA - Russian President Vladimir Putin said he did not expect Ukrainian leaders to want peace after Russia accused Kyib of ordering a deadly bomb attack in Russia that killed seven people and injured 115 others just days before negotiations in Turkey.

The flyover over a railway line in the Bryansk region of western Russia was detonated at 10:33 p.m. on Saturday night just as passenger trains carrying 388 passengers to Moscow passed below.

Russian state lead investigator said Ukraine was responsible for planting three bombs in the Bryansk bridge attack, five bombs in an attack on a bridge in Kursk, and another bomb attack on a bridge in Bryansk on Sunday.

In some of his most aggressive statements in recent months on the prospect of peace, Putin said the attack had been directed against civilians and accused Kyiv's leadership of being a "terrorist organization" backed by forces that became "terrorist accomplices".

"The current Kyiv regime does not require peace at all," Putin said in a meeting with senior officials. "What needs to be discussed? How can we negotiate with those who rely on terror?," Putin said.

Ukraine has not commented on the bridge attack. The country denies it is targeting civilians, as does Russia, even though civilians have been killed by both sides.

Kyiv also accused Moscow of not seriously wanting peace, citing as evidence of Russia's resistance to an immediate ceasefire.

Russia says certain conditions must be met first.

In a statement released by the Kremlin, Putin did not mention the major Ukraine operation - which took place on Sunday - to attack strategic bombers at Russian air bases.

The attacks on flyovers and nuclear-capable bombers took place just before Russia and Ukraine met for direct peace negotiations in Istanbul, where Moscow put what the United States called the "maximistic" goal.

Putin suggested the ceasefire would only be used by Ukraine and its Western supporters to reactivate. Russian negotiators in the negotiations said Ukraine had submitted to him a list of 339 children who Kyiv said had been kidnapped by Moscow.