Vladimir Putin regretted not having “better prepared” to its offensive against Ukraine.
Does Vladimir Putin have any regrets? The Russian president said Thursday that his country should have launched an attack on Ukraine “earlier” and to have been better prepared for it, ensuring that Russia was “deceived” et “constraint” to launch his offensive.
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“If it were possible to go back in time, knowing what is happening today, I would have considered deciding to launch a special operation (in Ukraine) earlier”declared Mr. Putin during his major annual press conference, reported AFP. However, the head of the Kremlin welcomed a “victory now close”, although he does not know “Not yet” when his army “would definitely drive out the Ukrainian armed forces” of Russian territory.
Ready to meet Trump “at any time”
Indirectly, Vladimir Putin confirmed that he had not had any exchanges with American President Donald Trump since his re-election but declared himself “ready to meet him at any time”. “I don’t know when, I haven’t spoken to him in over four years. I’m ready to do it, of course. Any time,” he indicated, insisting on the fact that, to end the conflict“the other party must be ready for both negotiations and compromises”, raising fears that the newly elected US president will ask kyiv to make concessions, including ceding part of its territory to Russia.
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Putin calls on Israel to “withdraw its troops from Syrian territory”
During his major annual press conference, Vladimir Putin on Thursday called on Israel to “withdraw its troops from Syrian territory”, these having been deployed in a buffer zone controlled by the UN separating the two countries on the Golan Heights.
“We hope that Israel will withdraw from Syrian territory at some point”said the Russian leader, whose country serves as a refuge for Bashar al-Assad. “The main beneficiary of the events in Syria is Israel. Russia condemns the seizure of any Syrian territory”he added.
