Putin Says He Isn’t Seeking Ukraine’s ‘Capitulation’ to End War
Local residents look at damaged residential buildings following aa Russian drone attack in Odesa, on June 20.
Photographer: Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP/Getty ImagesPresident Vladimir Putin said he isn’t seeking Ukraine’s “capitulation” as a way to end the war, even as he reiterated his claim that the two countries are one people.
Russia insists on recognition of the “realities on the ground,” Putin said during a plenary discussion at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday, a reference to territory in eastern and southern Ukraine occupied by his forces.