Putin: "Ready for an agreement with Kiev but with Russian control of Donbass"

Russia is ready to move forward on the lines for the pace he discussed Ukraine with the American president last August in Alaska Donald Trumpbut we also need the green light from Kiev. The Russian president underlined this Vladimir Putin in a meeting with the press a St. Petersburg. “Russia is ready for the compromises discussed in Anchorage but Ukraine must agree,” he said.

Putin: “We are advancing in Donbass but we are ready for peace”

Il Russian control over all of Donbass and the conclusion of a agreement they are not mutually exclusive. The Russian President stated this, Vladimir Putinin a meeting organized by TASS with the heads of the main ones international news agencies. “One thing does not exclude the other. I plans to check the entire region of Donbass and to conclude an agreement they do not contradict each other”, said the Russian President, responding to a question from a journalist from theAssociated Press about what Russia intends to achieve.

For the Kremlin leader, Moscow must strengthen its air defenses a day after Ukrainian drones hit an oil terminal and a naval base in St. Petersburg, where the so-called ‘Russian Davos’ is taking place. “Russia has an air defense system. Yes, we must improve it. Yes, we must strengthen it. And we will do it”, the Russian leader further stated. Putin added that Russia is considering expanding the use of its missile ipersonico Oreshnik against the cities of Ukraine, explaining that the weapon has not yet been used in the “full sense of the word”. The Russian president has repeatedly said that the missile, which travels at 10 times the speed of sound, is capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

Russia has launched the missile against Ukraine on at least three occasions. Asked whether the Russian offensive against Ukraine had turned into a “strategic disaster“, Putin replied that Russia is “advancing along the entire contact line“.

Putin: “We are not against Ukraine’s membership of the EU”

The Russian President, Vladimir Putinspeaking with the principal international agenciesstated: “Russia does not reject contacts with the Ue. L’European Union it might help solve the problem Ukrainian crisisbut this assistance should be included in the Anchorage Accords. Russia she is not against it all’membership of Ukraine to the EUbut is against the EU becoming a military blockade“.

Russian forces in the field

Putin continues: “Russia has recently placed under its control approx 2,440 square kilometers in Ukraine. The number of Ukrainian troops decreased by 100,000 units recently, losing approx 40,000 soldiers every month. Circa 60,000 people have defected from the Ukrainian forces since the beginning of 2026“.