"Never refused"
Putin ready for negotiations with Ukraine
According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia is ready to negotiate with Ukraine. "Are we ready to negotiate with them? We have never refused," Putin said on Thursday at the economic forum in Vladivostok.
"If there is a desire for negotiations (in Ukraine), we will not refuse." The basis for talks should be the results of the negotiations in Istanbul in spring 2022.
Moscow had previously stated that Kiev's invasion of the Kursk region in western Russia made negotiations impossible. With regard to the Ukrainian advance in Kursk, Putin now said: "Our armed forces have stabilized the situation in Kursk and have begun to gradually push the enemy out of our territory."
Liberation of the Donbass "our most important goal"
The aim of the Ukrainian advance was to "unsettle" Moscow and stop its offensive in key regions, particularly in the Donbass in eastern Ukraine, Putin said. The Kremlin leader described its "liberation" as "our most important goal"
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