Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (December 14) that there will be no peace in Ukraine until Russia achieves its goals, which remain unchanged after nearly two years of heavy fighting. “There will be peace when we will achieve our goals… Victory will be ours” Putin said, speaking at his first end-of-year news conference since the invasion began in February 2022. What are these stated goals? And what do Putin’s strong statements signal? Advertisement “Denazification, demilitarisation and a neutral status” Putin’s Thursday statement repeated what the Kremlin has maintained from the very beginning — that peace will only be...