Arrogant Putin sees no point in making any serious compromises as Moscow launches major attack on Ukraine after peace stalemate

Russian President Vladimir Putin sees “no point in making any serious compromises” about ending the war in Ukraine — as Moscow launched a massive drone attack on Wednesday just hours after rejecting a US peace deal.The arrogant dictator wasn’t prepared to make concessions and is said to still be “absolutely confident on the battlefield” even as the high-stake negotiations played out, Russian state media outlets reported.It comes as five hours of talks between Putin and President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner ended in a stalemate early Wednesday — with the Kremlin saying “compromises have not yet been found.”Top Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, however, attempted to strike a more optimistic tone, claiming it had accepted some US proposals but defiantly rejected a slew of others.“A direct exchange of views took place yesterday for the first time,” he told reporters.“Some things were accepted, some things were marked as unacceptable – this is a normal working process of finding a compromise.”He vowed, too, that Russia was ready to meet US negotiators as many times as it took to reach an agreement.Meanwhile, Russian drones hit the town of Ternivka in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring three more.Overall, Russia fired 111 strike and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight, Ukraine’s air force said.With Post wires...