🚨🇷🇺Ukraine's security CANNOT be ensured at the expense of Russia's security: Putin

💬 Russia has never raised a question that security guarantees to Ukraine could be given in exchange for territories.

Russia has always objected to Ukraine's membership in NATO.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳Energy needs in Asia Pacific countries are growing, including in China - Putin

Russian and Chinese sides have found consensus on Power of Siberia 2

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🚨🇷🇺🇨🇳 BREAKING: Russia will be able to supply China with 100 bcm of natural gas annually once Power of Siberia II reaches full capacity — Putin

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🚨🇷🇺🇨🇳 PUTIN: If Zelensky is interested in meeting, let him come to Moscow

The Russian president added that he never ruled out meeting with Zelensky.

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🚨🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russia will be able to offer China natural gas at fair market prices, while European countries overpay for energy — Putin

Power of Siberia II pipeline will naturally provide China with economic advantage

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🚨🇷🇺🇨🇳 Highlights of Putin’s statements on Ukraine during presser in Beijing

🟠 "If Zelensky is ready for a meeting — let him come to Moscow"

🟠 Trump asked Putin to arrange a meeting with Zelensky

🟠 Putin says never ruled out the possibility of meeting Zelensky, but meeting him in his current status is "a path to nowhere"

🟠 Ukraine has the right to choose its own security system — but must NOT do so at the expense of Russia

🟠 Russia has always opposed Ukraine's NATO membership — but not its EU membership

🟠 Issue of "security guarantees for Ukraine in exchange for territory" was NEVER raised

🟠 Russia fighting not for territories, but for the rights of people living there

🟠 Respect opinions of those who supported joining Russia in referendums— this is democracy

🟠 Russia offered Ukraine to withdraw its troops from Donbass & end the conflict as EARLY as 2022 (!), but after the withdrawal of troops from Kiev, Ukraine changed its position

🟠 Ukraine needs a referendum for the territorial issue, which requires the lifting of martial law, and therefore, elections

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🚨Ukrainian military in CRITICAL CONDITION, no longer capable of large scale operations — Putin

🟠 Ukrainian combat-ready units are staffed at no more than 47-48%

🟠 Ukrainian military is constantly forced to redeploy units from one part of the front, to another

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🚨Modern medicine allows humanity to hope for a long and active life – Putin

Recently, a brief conversation between Russian President Putin and China’s President Xi about possible ways to extend human life up to 150 years with the use of transplantation medicine was overheard by the media.

"Earlier, people rarely lived to 70, but these days at 70 years you are still a child," Xi was heard saying as quoted by Bloomberg, adding "Predictions are, this century, there’s a chance of also living to 150".

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🚨Putin responds to criticism of Steve Witkoff

He notes that from his experience, Witkoff has accurately conveyed Russia’s position to Trump.

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🚨 HIGHLIGHTS FROM PUTIN ON UKRAINE NEGOTIATIONS:

🟠Russia ready to ELEVATE negotiation levels with Ukraine

🟠Putin praises Medinsky’s work in Ukraine talks for restraint & professionalism

🟠Putin says can't assess Steve Witkoff’s role as US special envoy — but talks with Trump in Alaska showed he accurately conveys Russia-US positions

🟠Witkoff faces criticism from those who oppose Trump’s Ukraine stance

🟠The "war party" attacking the "peace party" wants to fight to the last Ukrainian

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🚨Trump’s Ukraine diplomatic efforts welcomed by everyone at the SCO summit — Putin

All expressed hope that these efforts would lead to peace.

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

🟠 The Russian Army struck Ukrainian military-industrial sites, as well as fuel and transport infrastructure used to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces

🟠 Air defense superiority: five aerial bombs, two HIMARS rockets, and 170 fixed-wing drones were shot down by Russian air defense systems over the past 24 hours

🟠 Ukrainian losses: 1,300 troops killed or wounded

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🇷🇺📹 Russian forces raise flag in Kupyansk, Kharkov region

Russian forces control nearly half of Kupyansk city in the Kharkov region, footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry confirms.

The video shows Russian soldiers near the city administration building, Spartak Stadium, the city electrical substation, and the TV tower.

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🚨🇮🇳🇷🇺 India's imports of Russian oil up 6% in August, while 🇺🇸US crude shipments to India plummet 37% month-on-month

India imported 1.7M bpd from Russia, Kpler data shows.

📉 Meanwhile, US crude shipments to India dropped 38% year-on-year to just 230,000 bpd.

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🚨🇷🇺🇨🇳 Putin leaves Beijing, heads to Vladivostok to take part in the Eastern Economic Forum

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