Putin charges US of attempting to prolong the situation in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the United States wanted to prolong the conflict in Ukraine.

“The situation in Ukraine shows that the U.S. is trying to prolong this conflict,” he said during a welcome address at a conference in Moscow on international security

In addition, Putin said that the United States was attempting to maintain its authoritarian position in the world and “prepared the fate of cannon fodder for the people of Ukraine, implemented the ‘anti-Russia’ project, turned a blind eye to the spread of neo-Nazi ideology, to the massacres of Donbas residents, pumped up and continues to pump up the Kyiv regime with weapons.”

Russian president further added Washington is also increasing “the potential for conflict in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.”

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