Putin says war not started in ‘earnest’
President Putin says the prospects for peace negotiations will diminish the longer the war drags on in address to Russian legislators.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warns Kyiv and its Western allies that Moscow has not yet started its military campaign in Ukraine “in earnest”.
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“Everyone should know that we have not started in earnest yet,” Putin told senior lawmakers.
At the same time we are not refusing to hold peace negotiations but those who are refusing should know that it will be harder to come to an agreement with us” at a later stage. Putin said during the event.
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