Vladimir Putin:

“Yes, indeed, there are contacts [with Kiev], they have been established in several directions at once, along several lines. Moscow has received proposals to limit military operations only to new regions and suspend mutual strikes deep into the territory.

If we do this, it will enable the Ukrainian Armed Forces to withdraw their troops from Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Sumy regions, as well as from some sections of the state border, and transfer these units to four of our regions. In the conditions of a catastrophic shortage of personnel in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they apparently believe that this could be a salvation for them. But saving the Kiev regime is not part of our plans.”

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