No impact on Russian plans in Donbass: Putin(Putin)

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin  (Putin) said on Monday that Ukraine had failed to carry out its diversionary move in the Kursk region, while Russian troops were advancing at their own pace in Donbass. “The Russian armed forces are now controlling territories in kilometres, instead of 200, 300 metres,” he said.
Ukraine not interested in ending war
The president said Ukraine’s “provocations” will surely fail and Moscow will deal with those who infiltrated Russia’s territory and tried to create instability here. He also said that Kiev may have to understand that it needs to resolve the conflict through dialogue. He added that Moscow has never denied such talks, and accused the Ukrainian leadership of being “not interested in ending the fighting” because that would require them to hold new presidential elections after lifting martial law.

This provocation

“The current authorities are clearly not ready for this, their chances of re-election are low. That’s why they are not interested in ending the fighting, that’s why they carried out this provocation in the Kursk region, and earlier in the Belgorod region,” Putin said. Amid all this, Russia will continue to protect its people in Donbass, he said, stressing that “our future is Russia’s future.” Moscow “cannot allow such hostile attempts by forces that make aggressive plans against our country and constantly try to destabilize the Russian Federation.”