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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his country believes it will win the war in Ukraine in a televised New Year’s Eve address, as his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Kyiv would not accept peace at any cost.
Addressing the nation nearly four years after he launched his full-scale invasion, Putin on Wednesday called on Russians to support their heroes fighting in Ukraine, where troops have been waging a brutal offensive since February 2022.
Putin’s speech came 26 years after his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, unexpectedly announced his resignation during his New Year’s Eve address, handing power at the turn of the millennium to Putin, a former intelligence officer-turned-politician who had served as his prime minister.
However, in his New Year’s address, Ukraine president Vladimir Zelenskyy said his country wanted peace, but he would not sign a weak agreement. Zelenskyy reiterated that a peace deal was 90 percent ready following weeks of United States-brokered talks, but certain issues remained outstanding.
