Putin Vows Russian Victory in War as Ukraine’s Allies Waver
- President speaks as Russia’s war in Ukraine nears two years
- Putin holds combined news conference, citizen phone-in event
Vladimir Putin is holding the news conference for the first time since he ordered the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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President Vladimir Putin said Russia remains determined to achieve its military aims in Ukraine, as divisions over US and European aid threaten to undermine Kyiv’s ability to repel the invasion.
“There’ll be peace when we achieve our goals,” Putin said Thursday at his televised marathon news conference. “They don’t change,” he said, repeating claims that the unprovoked attack was carried out to secure the “denazification, demilitarization of Ukraine and its neutral status.”