Russian President Vladimir Putin said his remarks on May 9 about the Ukraine war coming to an end were based on an analysis of Russian advances on the battlefield.
Putin, though, refused to give any specific timeline for an end to the war. He said on Friday that Western claims that Russia was preparing for war with Europe were lies.
He said that Western media should feel ashamed of themselves for their coverage of what Moscow said was a Ukrainian drone attack on a student dormitory in Russian-controlled Luhansk, which left 21 people dead.
On the other hand, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia is preparing a major new attack on Ukraine.
Speaking later in his nightly video address, Zelenskyy said: “We have intelligence information about Russia preparing a new large-scale strike.”
“Our services are responding promptly and are prepared. The Air Force and other defenders of the sky will work 24/7, as they always do.”
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