At Annual Year-End Press Conference, Vladimir Putin Says There Will Be Peace In Ukraine When...
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The government had opened lines for ordinary Russians to submit questions for the President along with those asked by journalists. More than one and a half million questions have been submitted.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding his annual televised question and answer session with people of the country, which has been combined with his year-end press conference. Apart from Russian citizens, several journalists too are present for the marathon event. At the event, Mr Putin said there would be no peace in Ukraine until his goals are achieved and said those objectives remain unchanged. This is the first time since launching the war in Ukraine that the Russian President is directly interacting with people. He had cancelled the press conference last year.
Called 'Direct Line with Vladimir Putin', the event is a carefully orchestrated and curated affair.
"There will be peace when we achieve our goals. Let's return to these goals - they have not changed. I'll remind you of what we talked about then - the denazification of Ukraine, its demilitarisation, its neutral status," the Russian President said.
