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09/05/2024September 5, 2024
Putin says primary objective is control of Donbas
said that Russia’s main objective in Ukraine is to fully control the Donbas region.
Putin has repeatedly reframed Russia’s objective since first launching its invasion in February 2022.
After initially appearing rattled at Ukraine’s advances into Russia’s Kursk region throughout August, Putin insisted that Moscow’s forces were “gradually” pushing them back.
“The aim of the enemy (in Kursk) was to force us to worry, hustle, divert troops and to stop our offensive in key areas, especially in the Donbas, the liberation of which is our main primary objective,” Putin said in Vladivostok.
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Skip next section Zelenskyy to visit US airbase in Germany: report
09/05/2024September 5, 2024
Zelenskyy to visit US airbase in Germany: report
President Zelenskyy will visit a US military base in western Germany on Friday, Der Spiegel magazine reported.
Zelenskyy is to travel to Ramstein Air Base as part of a meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group, an alliance of about 50 countries that support Kyiv.
The meeting was convened by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to discuss the state of Western aid for Ukraine.
Zelenskyy is set to call for fresh weapons deliveries, including long-range missiles and anti-aircraft systems, in the wake of a fresh spate of Russian attacks.
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Skip next section Death toll in Poltava strike rises to 54
09/05/2024September 5, 2024
Death toll in Poltava strike rises to 54
At least 54 people were killed in one of Russia’s deadliest strikes since its invasion began in February 2022, Kyiv has confirmed.
Missiles on Tuesday. It is unknown as of yet how many victims were military and how many were civilians.
“The death toll rises to 54 after the Russian strike on educational institution in Poltava. Another 297 people were injured,” Ukraine’s emergency services said, adding that as many as five people could still be trapped under the rubble two days after the strike.
The attack prompted an international outcry, but also criticism from within Ukraine as to why the military was conducting an outdoor ceremony when the threat of attack was known.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered an investigation into the circumstances of the strike.
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Skip next section Putin: Moscow ready for negotiations with Kyiv
09/05/2024September 5, 2024
Putin: Moscow ready for negotiations with Kyiv
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his government was ready for peace talks with Ukraine, after having previously said that the Ukrainian incursion in Kursk made negotiations impossible.
He said that a deal that was outlined during earlier peace talks in Istanbul, but never implemented, could serve as a basis for a new truce.
“Are we ready to negotiate with them? We have never refused to do so, but not on the basis of some ephemeral demands, but on the basis of those documents that were agreed and actually initialled in Istanbul,” Putin said at a forum in Vladivostok.
Putin suggested that China, Brazil, and India could act as mediators. Russia chairs this group of emerging economies, which also includes South Africa.
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