Putin says situation in annexed regions 'extremely difficult'

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 20, 2022 4:49 pm

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said the situation in four territories of Ukraine that Russia claims to have annexed was 'extremely difficult.'

'The situation in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions is extremely difficult,' Putin told the Russian security services on their professional holiday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates security services officers and veterans on Security Agency Worker’s Day via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel / SPUTNIK / AFP)

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