Putin Vows No Peace in Ukraine Until Goals are Achieved; Hungary Opposes EU Membership for Ukraine

As the conflict continues, Russian President Putin insists on achieving his goals in Ukraine, while Hungary's Prime Minister Orbán asserts that Ukraine has not met the preconditions for EU membership.

• Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated that there will be no peace in Ukraine until his goals are achieved, with the core objectives being 'de-Nazification', 'de-militarization' and securing Ukraine's neutrality.
• Putin dismissed the need for a second wave of mobilisation of reservists, stating that there are currently around 617,000 Russian soldiers in Ukraine, including approximately 244,000 troops who were called up to fight alongside professional Russian military forces.
• Putin's comments come amidst the lowest points for Kyiv, with its summer counteroffensive failing to make significant progress and its Western support fraying due to growing fatigue among some US lawmakers and frictions within the European Union.
• Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has stated that the preconditions for Ukraine's EU membership have not been met, and there is no reason to negotiate membership at this time.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has insisted that negotiations with Russia are impossible until all Russian soldiers have been expelled from Ukrainian territory, and is seeking further Western assistance to defend his country.

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