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But part is because Ukraine is keeping secret the methods it hopes will help it regain a winning edge elsewhere. Participants refuse to say how they circumvented the all-seeing eyes and kill-zones of the modern battlefield.
Russian President Vladimir Putin declares Russia's Ukraine war goals will be achieved through negotiations or military force as diplomatic efforts.
The news conference comes just before US meetings are held in Miami on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire plan and the war in Ukraine.
Follow live updates from NBC News as Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his annual year-end news conference on Ukraine, peace, war and Trump.
The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia was preparing for contacts with the United States to get details about U.S. talks with European powers and Ukraine on a possible peace settlement to end the Ukraine conflict.
Hungary and Slovakia are known to be closer to the Kremlin. This brings them into direct confrontation with EU countries geographically nearer to Russia such as Poland and the Baltic States. They view Ukraine's survival against Russia as existential.