Putin: «Ready to satisfy Trump and negotiate and compromise with Kiev» | EUROtoday

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“I’m ready to talk to Trump.” The state of affairs within the battle in Ukraine is altering “drastically” and Russia is getting nearer to attaining its “priority objectives”. President Vladimir Putin stated this in his end-of-year press convention. Russian troops are advancing alongside all the entrance line within the zone of Russia’s particular navy operation in Ukraine, Putin stated. «The (Russian) advance is occurring alongside all the entrance line each day. It’s not about advancing 100, 200, 300 meters. Our troops are reconquering sq. kilometers of territory. I wish to underline that it’s like this daily,” the president stated.

Putin has challenged the US to a “technological duel” over the brand new Russian hypersonic ballistic missile Oreshnik to display that it can’t be shot down by Western air defenses. “They can designate a target in Kiev, and see if they can shoot it down, we would really like to do this experiment,” Putin stated, including that the missile now has a spread of 5,500 kilometers.

Putin expressed confidence within the reconquest of the Kursk area, however didn’t point out a exact date for attaining the target. According to Putin, there is no such thing as a navy sense within the entry of Kiev’s armed forces into the Kursk area, nor in remaining on this territory, “throwing their best assault groups and units to the massacre.” “We will definitely, completely, absolutely eliminate them, it cannot be otherwise,” Putin stated. The Kremlin chief additionally promised that destroyed houses and infrastructure within the area can be restored and that the authorities will assist those that want to relocate.

Putin acknowledged that prime inflation in Russia is a “worrying sign”, whereas reassuring concerning the prospects of the nation’s financial system. “Inflation is a worrying sign,” he admitted within the first minutes of the end-of-year press convention, earlier than underlining that salaries have “increased” and that the state of affairs is mostly “stable”. Inflation in Russia is anticipated to strategy 9% on the finish of the yr, after touching 7.5% in 2023 and 12% in 2022. The Russian financial system is “stable”, regardless of “external threats”, declared the Russian president originally of his press convention. To the query concerning the state of the world posed originally of the press convention, Putin responded with a joke: “When things are calm, you get bored. When things start to move, you get scared.”

Putin said he had yet to see former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after his arrival in Moscow. “I have not yet met President Assad since his arrival in Moscow, but I intend to do so,” he stated, as reported by the Tass company.