Putin, who spoke at the annual International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, emphasized that the war with Ukraine will end “without a shadow of a doubt” only when Russia “achieves the goals it has set for itself.”
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Referring to the meeting proposal made in an open letter by Zelensky on Thursday, he added that it was only important for the Ukrainian side, which wanted to stop the advance of the Russian armed forces.
— Letter [Zełenskiego] contains some rather rude comments. Is this a way to create conditions for a face-to-face meeting, or a way not to arrange a face-to-face meeting? I think it's the latter, Putin said.
