Putin says Russia advancing, Kyiv not ready for talks

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Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow is open to peace talks but claims Ukraine is not ready to negotiate, as the war nears its fourth year and fighting continues with no diplomatic breakthrough in sight.

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00:00Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow does not believe Ukraine is ready for peace talks,

00:05despite claiming Russia is prepared to end the war through negotiations.

00:09Speaking at his annual press conference, Putin said any settlement must be based on principles

00:14laid out by Russia last year, including territorial demands, which Kiev has rejected.

00:20Putin also said Russian forces have seized the strategic initiative on the battlefield,

00:24claiming troops are advancing across the front line and that Ukrainian forces are retreating.

00:30Putin said Russia's commander is not within the war, państwo, and that the Ukrainians

00:38they've promised to return to Russia last year.

00:42They were not linked to Russia against Russia, but there's not enough that they deserve to the

00:42Europe.

00:43A message that Russia has made the peace of Russia in a United States in court,

00:46is the rest of the United States, who is in the United States who is in the United States.

00:51We are back in the United States.

00:53There are two people who have occupied the peace of Russia,

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