A source close to the Kremlin told the news agency that V. Putin still does not abandon the idea of occupying more and more territory.
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However, Reuters clarifies that this comment was made before reports appeared about the visit of D. Trump’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow.
“There is no possibility of reaching an agreement on the front line until V. Putin finishes securing the remaining part of the Donetsk region,” the source said.
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Western military analysts consider this possibility unlikely, given Moscow’s slow progress.
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