In another extract from the interview, the Russian president said he is ready to negotiate but Kyiv and its Western backers have refused to engage in talks. In October, the leadership of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which is not aligned with the Russian church and one of two branches of Orthodox Christianity in the country, agreed to allow its faithful to celebrate on Dec 2. Vladimir Putin said he was “100 percent” confident that his forces would destroy the Pentagon’s most advanced air defence system that US President Joe Biden has promised to send to Ukraine. What is your take on this ?
