Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that “understandings” he reached with US President Donald Trump at a summit in August opened a way to peace in Ukraine, which he would discuss with leaders attending a regional summit in China. Kyiv and its Western allies call Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launched in February 2022 an imperial war of conquest to annex territory, though Russia says it is special military operation aimed to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that “understandings” he reached with US President Donald Trump at a summit in August opened a way to peace in Ukraine, which he…

The Russian president also defended his decision to invade Ukraine, once again blaming the war on the West.