The fifth year of the bloodiest war since WW2 may be the last.

After the celebrations of ‘Victory Day’ last Saturday (9), Russian President Vladimir Putin took the world by surprise by saying that the war in Ukraine was almost over.

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President Putin on the conflict in Ukraine-

“I think it is coming to an end”

He outlines that Ukraine had agreed to end the war early on, until the West ordered them to fight on, hoping to see a collapse of the Russian state “In months”pic.twitter.com/4yLz0mn8cr

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And today (12), the Kremlin reiterated this statement, even after Kiev regime leader Volodymyr Zelensky keeps insisting that Moscow ‌had no intention of ending the conflict.

“Asked to comment on​Putin’s remarks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a certain amount of trilateral​work with Ukraine and the United States had been done towards⁠finding a peace deal.

Source: The Gateway Pundit