Putin: No Peace in Ukraine Until Russia Achieves Goals

Voice of America News reports: “Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday there will be peace in Ukraine when his country achieves its goals, and that those aims remain unchanged.

Two months shy of the two-year anniversary of Russia launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Putin reiterated that Russia is seeking ‘de-Nazification, de-militarization and a neutral status’ of Ukraine as he gave his end-of-the-year news conference.

Russia has asserted that Ukraine’s government is heavily influenced by radical nationalist and neo-Nazi groups, which Ukraine and its Western allies have dismissed as a baseless pretext for the invasion.

Putin has also demanded that Ukraine not join the NATO alliance. NATO has repeatedly said it is up to individual countries, and not Russia, to decide whether they want to join. Russia’s invasion prompted two countries – Sweden and Finland – to launch membership bids. Finland was admitted in April while Sweden’s accession is awaiting final approval from Turkey and Hungary…”

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