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Putin says Ukraine must withdraw troops to start peace talks

Relatives, friends and mourners attend the funeral ceremony of Ukrainian serviceman who was killed in the Kharkiv region, at Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, on June 13, 2024. [AFP]

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow would only halt its offensive on Ukraine if Kyiv effectively surrenders by pulling its troops out of the east and south and dropping its bid for NATO membership.

Ukraine, NATO and the United States immediately rejected Putin's hardline conditions to halt the full-scale military offensive that he launched in February 2022.

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