Putin says capture of Donbas region Russia's 'primary' goal

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Speaking during the annual Eastern Economic Forum in the Russian city of Vladivostok, President Vladimir Putin says he is ready for talks with Ukraine, on the basis of an aborted deal between Moscow's and Kyiv's negotiators reached in Istanbul in 2022. He also states Russia's "primary" goal is to capture Ukraine's Donbas region, as his forces advance fast westwards in the Donbas.

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00:00The goal of the enemy was to make us nervous, fuss, move troops from one area to another

00:16and stop our offensive in the key areas, first of all in Donbass, which is our primary

00:25goal.

00:27Did we succeed? No, the enemy did not succeed in anything.

00:31First of all, our armed forces stabilized the situation and began to gradually push it out of the border areas.

00:39I repeat, if there is really a desire to negotiate, we will not refuse, but on the basis of the agreements that were reached and fixed in Istanbul.

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