Ukraine forces have advanced 7½ miles into Russia and control more than two dozen villages.
In the highly choreographed security meeting Monday, Putin sidestepped the symbolic significance of Ukraine’s surprise attack — which has galvanized the Ukrainian public and delivered a morale boost to Kyiv’s depleted and exhausted soldiers.
Instead, Putin, who read an address to security officials from a notepad covered in large black handwriting, asserted that the goal of the incursion was to prevent Russian advances in eastern Ukraine and insisted that this had failed.
“Our armed forces are moving forward along the entire line of contact,” Putin said.
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@MajorityCoyoteDemocrat2yrs2Y
Hey Putin, you can make them leave right now, without any bloodshed.
Just agree to leave the territory you've invaded, and they'll leave yours.
Sound fair?
@KnowledgeableBatVeteran2yrs2Y
This has exposed that Russia is so tied down in Ukraine that it can no longer defend its borders. Plain as day.
And given that Russia has also spent the past couple decades helping itself to its neighbors’ land, we should be using our international diplomacy to encourage Russia’s neighbors to seize this opportunity to increase their land holdings.
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
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