PUTIN SAYS WEST WANTS BREAKUP OF RUSSIA, HE INVADED UKRAINE TO STOP IT

Fri 16 September 2022:

Putin has accused the West of wanting to break up Russia, adding he sent forces into Ukraine in February to prevent this.

Speaking at the SCO summit, and discussing the war publicly for the first time since Ukraine routed Russian troops in the Kharkiv region last week, Putin threatened strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure, and said: “We will see how.”

Putin says Erdogan helping to end war but Zelenskyy not ready for talks

Putin has praised Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine, but said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was not prepared to hold peace talks.

Speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Uzbekistan, Putin said Erdogan was always proposing meetings with Zelenskyy – although he had not done so at their meeting this time in Samarkand – and that the Turkish leader had made a “significant contribution” to attempts to end the conflict.

We are not in a hurry in Ukraine: Putin

Putin has said there were no plans to adjust Russia’s military operations in Ukraine despite a counteroffensive, saying Moscow was in no rush to finish the campaign.

“The plan is not subject to adjustment,” Putin told reporters during a regional summit in Uzbekistan.

“Our offensive operations in Donbas itself do not stop. They are going at a slow pace … the Russian army is occupying newer and newer territories,” Putin said, adding, “We are not in a hurry … there are no changes.”

Putin says 25 percent of gas supplies to Turkey will be paid for in roubles

Russia’s leader has said that 25 percent of his country’s gas supplies to Turkey will be paid for in roubles as part of an agreement on such exports set to come into force soon.

“Our agreement on deliveries of Russian natural gas to Turkey should come into effect in the near future, with 25 percent of payment for these deliveries in Russian roubles,” Putin said during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Uzbekistan.

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