🇷🇺 Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on Tuesday that Moscow is "ready" for war should 🇪🇺 Europe pursue that path, accusing European leaders of sabotaging a potential agreement on the 🇺🇦 Ukraine war ahead of his meeting with American envoys. His remarks came as 🇺🇸 US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, arrived in 🇷🇺 Moscow for high-level negotiations aimed at ending the nearly four-year-long war, following several days of intense diplomati

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed a full capture of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine after a prolonged campaign, calling it a key victory but Ukraine's military denied the city had fallen and said battles persisted in the area https://reut.rs/4pobKMf | Reuters

President Vladimir Putin hailed what his commanders told him was the full Russian capture of the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine as an important victory after a prolonged campaign, saying it would help Moscow fulfil its wider war aims. Russia, which uses the Soviet-era name of Krasnoarmeysk to refer to the city, has faced fierce Ukrainian resistance in its battle since mid-2024 to capture Pokrovsk, once a strategic logistics hub for the Ukrainian army. The city’s fall, if confirmed, gives Mo

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