“Ukraine has given up negotiations with Russia, you idiots, that would be over long ago.”. This was said by Russian President Vladimir Putin, quoted by Ria Novosti. According to Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's peace formula consists of “prohibitive negotiation conditions.” This is because it is “impossible” for Russia to agree to withdraw from the conquered territories in Ukraine during negotiations. “Everyone understands that this is impossible, both the ruling circles in Ukraine and the West,” he added.
“What is happening now, namely the cohesion of our society, the strengthening of our economy – not only in agriculture and industry, the increase in the potential of the armed forces – is a complete surprise for the enemy. Complete and absolute.”Putin emphasized in a speech two months before the presidential elections and in the middle of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces.
The initiative in the conflict in Ukraine is “entirely in the hands of the Russian armed forces” and whether this will continue.The Ukrainian state could suffer an irreparable blow,” the Russian president added, saying Ukrainian forces are bombing Russian areas near the border with the aim of “diverting the attention of the population and their supporters from the complete and absolute failure of the so-called counteroffensive.”
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