Russian President Vladimir Putin attended an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry’s Board on Tuesday, hosted by Minister Sergey Shoigu at the National Control Center in Moscow. During the public part of the event, the president and top military officials discussed intermediate results of the ongoing military operation against Ukraine, Russia’s goals, and the outstanding…

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The veteran statesman said he never suggested that Ukraine should cede territory to Russia Henry Kissinger has denied ever claiming that Russia should keep territories that Ukraine considers to be under its jurisdiction. He added that criticism directed at comments he made on the subject has been misplaced.