Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a information convention with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko following their assembly in Minsk, Belarus, Dec. 19, 2022. (Sputnik/Pavel Bednyakov/Kremlin through Reuters)
President Vladimir Putin stated the scenario in 4 regions of Ukraine that Moscow has declared are a part of Russia turned into “extraordinarily tough” as Kyiv renewed requires greater guns after Russian drones hit power targets.
rdered the strengthening of Russia`s borders and told unique offerings to hold extra manipulate of society and make certain the protection of humans in Russian-managed elements of Ukraine.
In September, a defiant Putin moved to annex a swathe of Ukraine a few 15% of the country in a Kremlin ceremony, however in advance this month, he stated the war “may be a protracted process.”
To Russian safety groups running in Ukraine, he stated overdue on Monday in feedback translated via way of means of Reuters: “Yes, it’s far tough for you now. The scenario withinside the Donetsk and Luhansk People`s Republics, withinside the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia areas is extraordinarily tough.”
Putin`s circulate to annex the regions turned into condemned via way of means of Kyiv and its Western allies as illegal.