Vladimir Putin's Night Speech: He Offered Ukraine "Talks Without Preconditions"

On Saturday evening, Kremlin sources announced that Vladimir Putin would address a press conference in Moscow. The announcement indicated that the Russian leader was to sum up several days of celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov then said that due to the late hour, Putin would not be taking questions, but that his speech would be “significant.”

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