Ukraine War Map Shows Russian Retreat on Three Fronts

We are dealing with an attempt [by Ukrainian forces] to achieve a respite at any cost” and “to prevent the collapse of the front,

she continued

Vladimir Putinpresident

There are still people who want to go back to the time of Napoleon, they forget how it ended,

Putin said on Thursday, without mentioning Macron by name

Vladimir Putinpresident

All the mistakes of our enemies and opponents began with this: in underestimating the character of the Russian people and representatives of Russian culture in general,

Putin added

Vladimir Putinpresident

We must choose for ourselves a peace option that will suit us and that will ensure peace for our country in the long term,

Putin told a group of Russian women who have lost loved ones during the three-year war in Ukraine

Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Toretsk and Pokrovsk."

The Institute for the Study of War, in its Wednesday update

Maria Zakharovaforeign Ministry spokeswoman

Firm agreements on a final settlement are needed. Without all that, some kind of respite is absolutely unacceptable,

foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters in a televised briefing

I honestly don't think they would seriously contemplate it at this stage, given the stakes,

Joshua Walker, a former State and Defense Department official who now heads the Japan Society nonprofit, told Newsweek

China is very careful. They're very cautious,

he added

Dmitry Medvedevformer president

Russia is advancing. The enemy is resisting and has not yet been defeated,

said Medvedev, who is deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council