Putin says he should have launched full Ukraine invasion earlier, as he holds marathon live event

A short while in the past, Putin claimed Russia was ready for negotiations with Ukraine. He was requested whether or not he was ready to compromise “in any method” over Ukraine.

Putin replies that “politics is the artwork of compromise” and says Russia has all the time stated it’s ready for compromise and negotiations.

He claims Ukraine has refused to carry negotiations.

He says they achieved an settlement in Istanbul in 2022, which he says Ukraine agreed to, however went again on their place.

Putin says Ukraine pulled out as a result of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson – with the “nice hair” – travelled to Ukraine and stated “they should combat to the final Ukrainian”.

He says that’s what Kyiv is doing now, earlier than including: “I do not suppose there’s any left.”

For context, peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have been held in Istanbul in 2022, the place a draft Russia-Ukraine settlement was negotiated. Reviews say the Kremlin demanded Ukraine hand over Crimea and the Donbas area, cut back its navy and finish its plan to enter Nato – unthinkable calls for for many Ukrainians.

Boris Johnson advised the Home of Commons in September 2022 that “any such deal or compromise would ship a sign all over the world that violence does repay… and the good democracies won’t have the abdomen to stay up for freedom”.

However in response to Putin’s claims, Johnson advised the Occasions in September they’re “nothing however complete nonsense and Russian propaganda”.