World丨Kyiv attack aimed at cease-fire talks: Putin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Ukraine's biggest attack on Russian territory since the start of the conflict was aimed at improving Kyiv's negotiating position ahead of the possible peace talks and at slowing the advance of Russian forces, and ordered his army to "dislodge" Ukrainian troops. "One of the obvious goals of the enemy is to sow discord, strife, intimidate people, destroy the unity and cohesion of Russian society," Putin told a televised meeting with government officials. "The main task is, of course, for the defense ministry to dislodge the enemy from our territories," he said. ▲ Volunteers sort out humanitarian aid brought by donors for displaced people at a collecting station in Moscow on Tuesday, following Ukraine's offensive into Russia's western Kursk region. Photo/AFP Kyiv launched a surprise offensive into southwestern Russia's Kursk region last Tuesday, capturing over two dozen settlements in the most significant cross-border attack on Rus ………………………………