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| Putin said that Russia has no goal of approaching Khar'kov |
| 2024-06-21 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Hanoi, June 20, 2024, 19:39 - IA Regnum. Russia has no goal of approaching Kharkov, President Vladimir Putin said on June 20. “This is, so to speak, a tactical direction. And the enemy will try to present it as a strategic success if he succeeds,” Putin said during a conversation with reporters during a visit to Vietnam. The head of state also noted that the West is pushing the Kiev regime to push the Russian Armed Forces out of the Kharkov region at any cost, and emphasized that such attempts will cost Ukraine dearly. “In fact, this command “at any cost” - I assure you that it is so, I know what I’m talking about - if it is not based on reality, it will again cost the Ukrainian armed forces very dearly,” noted the president. As Regnum reported, on May 28, the head of state noted that the Russian Armed Forces had moved to create a security zone in Ukraine. He emphasized that the events in the Kharkov direction were provoked by the actions of the West. On May 17, Putin explained the offensive in the Kharkov region by the creation of a sanitary zone with the border regions of Russia. The President said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had shelled and continue to shell residential areas of the border territories, including Belgorod, and the creation of such a zone would help avoid the death of civilians. Russian troops are advancing near Kharkov strictly according to plan and are achieving success; they have no task to take the city, Putin added. |
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