President Putin has promised to keep up his war on Ukraine if Kyiv refuses to retreat from its own territory, casting fresh doubt on the momentum of peace talks to stop the three-year conflict.
“If Ukrainian forces leave the territories they hold then we will stop combat operations,” Putin told reporters during a trip to Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia. “If they don’t then we will achieve it by military means.”
Putin also said it would be “pointless” to sign a peace deal with Ukraine’s current leadership, while taunting Europe for fearing a Russian invasion.
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