Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin has claimed that given the tempo of the Russian advance, Russia has "zero" curiosity within the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrawing from the territories they occupy. Putin mentioned this throughout a go to he allegedly made to a Russian command publish forward of the assembly between the presidents of Ukraine and the USA concerning the peace plan.

Supply: Putin, as quoted by the Russian propaganda company TASS

Particulars: The Russian chief repeated his risk to perform "all of the goals of the particular army operation" (because the Russians name the struggle in opposition to Ukraine) militarily if Kyiv "doesn’t want to finish the matter peacefully".

TASS reported that Putin was briefed on the alleged Russian occupation of Myrnohrad in Donetsk Oblast (which Russia refers to by its previous identify, Dymytrov) and Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in addition to a number of different settlements.

Nevertheless, the occupation of those settlements has not been confirmed by Ukrainian sources or DeepState, a Ukrainian group of army analysts. There have been quite a few events when Russian propagandists have introduced the seize of territories that had been not less than partially beneath Ukrainian management.

Putin claimed that the seize of Myrnohrad is a critical step in the direction of the complete occupation of Donbas, and that Huliaipole opens up beneficial prospects for the Russian advance. He additionally boasted that every one the goals of the struggle in opposition to Ukraine are supposedly being achieved as deliberate, and that the creation of a safety buffer zone alongside the Russian-Ukrainian border "is continuing at a very good tempo".

Background:

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump are set to satisfy on the US president's villa in Florida on 28 December.
• The Russians have insisted on the voluntary withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from your complete territory of Donbas, however Ukraine doesn’t agree to those phrases.
• On 24 December, Zelenskyy revealed the contents of a 20-point peace plan agreed between Ukraine and the US for the primary time.
• Zelenskyy defined that Russia desires Ukraine to voluntarily withdraw from Donetsk Oblast, whereas the USA is proposing a compromise within the type of a free financial zone. If there is no such thing as a settlement on the precept of freezing the battle alongside the traces of contact, the free financial zone can solely be adopted via a referendum, Zelenskyy mentioned.

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