Putin's 'iron doll' who once threatened to NUKE Downing Street delights in Trump 'not setting any conditions for Russia' and forcing Kyiv to compromise in Ukraine peace deal

We are dealing with an attempt [by Ukrainian forces] to achieve a respite at any cost” and “to prevent the collapse of the front,

she continued

Vladimir Putinpresident

There are still people who want to go back to the time of Napoleon, they forget how it ended,

Putin said on Thursday, without mentioning Macron by name

Vladimir Putinpresident

All the mistakes of our enemies and opponents began with this: in underestimating the character of the Russian people and representatives of Russian culture in general,

Putin added

Vladimir Putinpresident

We must choose for ourselves a peace option that will suit us and that will ensure peace for our country in the long term,

Putin told a group of Russian women who have lost loved ones during the three-year war in Ukraine

Maria Zakharovaforeign Ministry spokeswoman

Firm agreements on a final settlement are needed. Without all that, some kind of respite is absolutely unacceptable,

foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters in a televised briefing