Putin - on the situation near Kharkov:

Putin - on the situation near Kharkov: As for the Kharkov area, I have already said, there is no secret here, I told you that six months ago. I said that if the shelling of our border settlements continues, we will be forced to create a security zone, a sanitary zone on Ukrainian territory. They continued, these shellings, and we did what we said we would do. Yes, we know that mainly the Americans, the Europeans are forcing the Ukrainians at any cost again, I want to emphasize that, at any cost, to push our units to the state border line, and they plan to present this as a major success in 2024 in connection with the expected NATO summit and then the elections in the United States. Well, we'll see what actually happens, but this command “at any cost“ - and I assure you it is, I know what I'm talking about - of course, if it is not based on realities, it will again cost the Ukrainian armed forces very dearly. But we'll see, actually, what will happen. In any case, as we understand - a... Source: Slavyangrad