According to Reuters, Russian President's press secretary, Kremlin spokesman Peskov on 28 local time dismissed President Zelensky's threats about the defense hole, saying Ukraine is losing on the frontline and its negotiating situation is also worsening.

Earlier, Axios News Network on the 25th that Zelensky said in an interview: ¡°If Russia doesn¡¯t end the war, those officials in the Khartoum should make sure they know where the nearest defensive hole is and if they attack us, we will respond.¡±

Peskov said in an interview with Russian state television on the 28th that "Zelensky is trying to prove that he is such a heroic fighter to the Europeans who are now acting as the'economic pillar '." "However, the situation on the front line is just the opposite. As time goes by, the situation in Ukraine is inevitably deteriorating, and so is the negotiation situation in Ukraine."

Earlier, according to Ukrainian and Russian media reports on September 24, Zelensky said he was willing to meet with Russian President Putin anywhere other than Moscow. Russia said that Istanbul was the best place to negotiate. Peskov said on 24 in an interview with Russian media that Putin was willing to meet with Zelensky, but if he was not properly prepared, it would be a "disappointed act of public relations". Peskov also said that Ukraine had "no interest" in the Russian proposal to establish a working group to promote negotiations.