Days after Russian leader Vladimir Putin had suggested that the war in Ukraine was 'heading to an end,' the Kremlin clarified on Tuesday that there was no concrete plan in place, and that at this stage it remains impossible to 'speak about any specifics.'

The Russian leader added that a meeting with Ukraine’s Zelensky was possible only once a lasting peace deal was reached.

The remarks came just hours after he had vowed victory in Ukraine at Moscow's most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years.