The president of Russia, Vladimir Putinsaid this Thursday that he is willing to hold conversations “anytime” with the elected president of United States, Donald Trumpwho has trumpeted his ability to reach a peace agreement in Ukraine a few hours after coming to power.
“I don’t know when I’m going to see him. He hasn’t said anything about it. I haven’t spoken to him in more than four years. I’m prepared for it, of course. Whenever“Putin said at his year-end press conference, one of the few occasions for Russian journalists and citizens to ask questions of the president.
Putin is willing to talk to Trump
“If we ever have a meeting with President-elect Trump, “I’m sure we’ll have a lot to talk about.”he said, adding that Russia was ready to “negotiations and compromises”. During this annual press conference – broadcast live and lasting almost four and a half hours – the Kremlin leader noted that “the war has been a serious test for him and for the entire country.”
“These three years…of course they were a serious test for all of us, for the whole country and for me…I started joking less, and I almost stopped laughing,” Putin said, but he only regretted not having started sooner the offensive. However, the president acknowledged that he does not know when Russia will recover the western region of Kursk.where Ukrainian troops launched a raid in August.
Asked what he could offer Trump, Putin rejected the idea that Russia was in a weak position. In fact, he said the country had become much stronger since he ordered troops into Ukraine in 2022. “We have always said that We are willing to negotiate and reach compromises“What happens is that the other side refuses to negotiate…” Putin said, after stating that Russian forces, advancing along the entire front, were moving towards achieving their main objectives in Ukraine.
“Soon there will be no one left who wants to fight. We are prepared, but the other party has to be prepared both to negotiate and to reach compromises…”, he stressed. “We do not need a truce, we need long-term peace, assured with guarantees for the Russian Federation and its citizens.” .
Russia: The perpetrator of the attack against nuclear chief Igor Kirillov was arrested
He Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia reported the arrest of the perpetrator of the bomb attack that killed in Moscow to the lieutenant general Igor Kirillovhead of the Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops (RCBZ) of Russia. The suspect claimed to have been recruited by Ukrainian forces.
“A citizen of Uzbekistan born in 1995 was detained on suspicion of having committed the attack that claimed the lives of the commander of the Russian radiological, chemical and biological defense forces, Igor Kirilov, and his assistant, Ilya Polikarpov,” the committee said in a statement.
Ukraine considered nuclear protection chief killed in Moscow a ‘legitimate target’
After the attack that left Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops (RCBZ) of Russia, and his driver, dead, Ukraine spoke out about the incident. From the country they stated that Kirillov was “a legitimate target” and that he had committed war crimes.
The statement corresponds to a source from the Ukrainian Security Service SBU, in addition to attributing to him the commission of war crimes.. The SBU accused Kirillov in absentia and claimed on Telegram that he was “responsible for the massive use of banned chemical weapons.”
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