The Kremlin claims it has annexed the Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions despite not controlling them in their entirety.
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR Putin told Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan he was open to dialogue with Ukraine if Kyiv accepts territories occupied by Moscow as Russian, the Kremlin said today.
The Kremlin said the pair discussed “the unblocking of food and fertiliser supplies from Russia” and the need for “the removal of all barriers to Russian exports.” The Kremlin’s decision to send troops into Ukraine in February 2022 resulted in many clerics who had continued to remain loyal to Kirill turning away from Moscow.
There were also rare displays of public grief in Russia, with some frustration towards the army, whose actions in Ukraine are shrouded in secrecy.But this time, for many pro-Kremlin commentators, the culprit was closer to home: the army leadership. Thousands of people have been killed in Ukraine and millions forced to flee their homes since President Vladimir Putin ordered troops to attack on 24 February.
“It is the first time that Western-designed tanks are supplied to the Ukrainian armed forces,” the presidency said after both leaders spoke by telephone. No other details were provided.Read Next Related Reads Russia will step up exploding drone attacks on Ukraine, Zelenskyy says Russia's New Year raids on Ukraine kill four and wound dozensThe influential head of state television channel RT, Margarita Simonyan, welcomed the army’s promise that officials “will be held accountable”.
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