Putin: The Accelerating Conquest of Donbas Is the Main Objective of the War in Ukraine, Ukraine’s Kursk Incursion Has NOT Distracted Russian Forces
Putin has once again stated that the conquest of the Donbas is the priority for his ‘Special Military operation’ in Ukraine.
Russian president Vladimir Putin, speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum international conference in Vladivostok, has once again highlighted that the conquest (or liberation) of the Donbas region – comprised of the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts – is his military’s ‘first-priority goal’.
Putin says that Kiev made a mistake in deploying ‘fairly large and well-trained units’ to the Kursk offensive in Russian territory.
New York Times reported:
“’The enemy’s goal was to make us nervous and worry and to transfer troops from one sector to another and stop our offensive in key areas, primarily in the Donbas’,
