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Russian President, Vladimir Putin has said that Russia wants an end to the war in Ukraine and that the war would only end by a diplomatic solution.

Putin made the comments on Thursday evening, December 22 a day after U.S. President Joe Biden hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the White House and promised him continued and unwavering U.S. military support.

"Our goal is not to spin the flywheel of military conflict, but, on the contrary, to end this war," Putin said. "We will strive for an end to this, and the sooner the better, of course."

Russia has persistently said it is open to negotiations, but Ukraine and its allies suspect a ploy by Russia to buy time after a series of Russian defeats and retreats that have swung the momentum of the 10-month war in favour of Kyiv.

"I have said many times: the intensification of hostilities leads to unjustified losses," Putin told reporters.

"All armed conflicts end one way or another with some kind of negotiations on the diplomatic track," he added. "Sooner or later, any parties in a state of conflict sit down and make an agreement. The sooner this realization comes to those who oppose us, the better. We have never given up on this."

Russia says it is Ukraine that is refusing to negotiate but Kyiv says Russia must halt its attacks and give up all territory it has seized.

Putin also played down the importance of the Patriot air defense system that Biden agreed to supply to Zelensky, saying Russia would find a way to counter it.

He said it was "quite old" and did not work like Russia's S-300 system. "An antidote will always be found," he said, boasting Russia would "crack" the Patriots.

"So those who do it are doing it in vain. It's just prolonging the conflict, that's all."

Putin's comments also come after White House spokesman John Kirby said Putin has "shown absolutely zero indication that he's willing to negotiate" an end to the war, which began when Moscow sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24.

"Quite the contrary," Kirby told reporters during an online briefing. "Everything he (Putin) is doing on the ground and in the air bespeaks a man who wants to continue to visit violence upon the Ukrainian people" and "escalate the war."

Kirby renterated that Biden was open to talks with Putin, but only after the Russian leader "showed a seriousness about negotiations" and after consultations with Ukraine and U.S. allies.

flexxyworld:
she no get family members or friends or what if he didn't get her number some 3days back, will she not sort herself.?. so you will advise your brother be sponsoring an hungry leech in the community. please make we dey get sence

Jennyclay:
Pls, keep shut. Noise maker!
I don't know why you're still quoting me . I thought I warned you not to quote me again. I blame myself for stooping so low replying you.

Have a bad night okay. Bye!

Jennyclay:
I don't need to see your ugly face because I don't want to puke.
All the females in your family and generation are not prettier than me which I'm certain.

Mtchewww! Nonsense!

Jennyclay:
Edo men are the most ugly men in Nigeria if not Africa sef.
See Obaseki and oshiomole. Gosh! So ugly.

LeoDeKing:
Amen, by the special grace of the Almighty God.

A woman celebrated Argentina’s World Cup win by going naked at Buenos Aires’ iconic Obelisk monument - 12 years after Diego Maradona promised to take his clothes off at the same spot if his nation triumphed in South Africa.

The woman paraded completely naked in front of families with young children without even bothering to hide her private parts.

She went on to perform a sexy dance while thousands of jubilant fans partied around her and waved their flags.

Diego Maradona promised to take his clothes off at the Obelisk and run round the monument if Argentina won the 2010 World Cup when he was the national team boss.

They ended up crashing out in the quarter finals after being thrashed 4-0 by Germany.

This latest show of unclothedness came after two Argentinians made headlines around the world for going topless in the stands at Qatar’s Lusail Stadium and risking falling foul of strict local rules as they celebrated their country’s thrilling penalty shootout win over France on Sunday.

They were later identified as two models called Milu and Noe who had artists paint their breasts for the occasion.

Kingcalls:
U still dare to call Ronaldo penaldo....doesn't this show that ur brain is not functioning....mention one player in history of football that have played 5 penalties in one tournament... even champions league

JASONjnr:
Anyhow you twist it.....

FIFA refused to push the team forward....


Cameroon trashed Argentina......Argentina team wasn't that good..... Morocco played even better....

But FIFA decided to work their things to change and made Messi to get this cup just to end the argument that CR7 is better than Messi....


But CR7 is still the best of all times and the greatest footballer of our time....

Cristiano Ronaldo has been selected in the worst XI from the World Cup after he endured a difficult time for Portugal at the tournament in Qatar.

Ronaldo scored only one goal for his country and was dropped to the bench by Fernando Santos for their last-16 clash with Switzerland and their shock quarter-final defeat to Morocco.

The 37-year-old free agent reportedly threatened to quit the Portuguese camp during a heated meeting with Santos after he found out he had been axed for the Switzerland game, but the claim was quickly denied by the country's FA and the player.

Ronaldo has now been included as part of the worst team of the World Cup, according to statistics provider Sofascore.

The worst XI team is based on Sofascore's rating, which gives each player a score out of 10 for their performances at the tournament. To be included, players had to have made a minimum of four appearances in Qatar.

Ronaldo was named in the Sofascore side after scoring just 6.46. The Portuguese forward is partnered up front by Lautaro Martinez, despite the Argentinian being a member of the team which lifted the trophy after beating France on penalties in the final.

Martinez, who failed to score for Argentina in Qatar in 148 minutes of action across the entire tournament, was given a rating of just 6.35.

Chelsea and Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy was also been selected by Sofascore in their worst XI with a rating of just 6.30. US star, Sergino Dest, who is contracted to Barcelona but is on loan at AC Milan, got a paltry rating of 6.50.

Kamil Glik and Bartosz Bereszyski of Poland, and Senegal centre back Abdou Diallo complete the back four.

Jackson Irvine and Mathew Leckie of Australia were picked in the midfield alongside South Korea's Hwang In-beom and Switzerland's Ruben Vargas.

jumper524:
yea, you ain't voting because when jonathan was president, Bokoharam killed only muslim and left christain while they killed only christains and left muslims under buhari. Religion is your problem, but it ain't mine.

jumper524:
imagine you in a high profile setting and they ask you, why you choose an experienced second class lower philosopher over a 1st class experienced administrator.
your point would be, he's shaking and gaffes and can't run. or that he lost his secondary school certificate.
dude are you for real?? is presidency a military operation that requires physical fitness? won't you be ashamed of yourself to tell people that the man you mocked his health and mental capacity was able to defeat men like Osibanjo, amaechi, yahaya Bello and more? in a party primaries?
you should be more concerned with his administrative skills. a man from a weak region uniting all party faithfully way much better that PDP scattered factions who can't come together.

in a chase of Big fish, the most organised team is most respected and the leader of such team is studied in sane environment. not his errors.

jumper524:
majority of Gbagyi you know? not majority of gbagyi. and who told you gbagyi are not also core northerners who share a strong northern/ middlebelt values. go read on gbagyi, we are peceful loving and highly political in our actions. Gbagyi are very libral and you can find us amongst muslim and christain while also sharing both religious name irrespective of religion.
we have gbagyi minna, Nasarawa, kaduna, Abuja and kogi. all of us share Northern values and we are major stakeholders in the North. FYI. IBB is a gbagyi man.
and by the way I rep Abuja.
despite the fulani and farmers clashes, our clashes with fulani are very minimal amongst other northern tribes despite being predominantly farmers, when I say we are political in Nature, we want people to underestimate us for easy victory.
we have a strong history in the north not even the Hausa can deny. Tukura you here fulani bearing is a gbagyi name.

jumper524:
denial is what drives you, truth would pain you so much that you'll opt for sucidr so it's better you leave in denial that is a Yoruba man cos the taught of a non yoruba supporting Tinubu gives you aimless and sleepless night.
we plenty, I rep that Northcentral and I'm a bonfire gbagyi man.

jumper524:
flat.inos! !! Always teaching us northern politics better than northerners.
Northerners only play regional politics yet OBJ and MKO won buhari and tofa.
you know nothing about northern politics except your ego based analysis.

FYI I rep north.

hopexter:
I’m from Esan south east which is not a Northern region transformed by Oshiomhole, both roads and schools were rebuilt to modern standard. He linked a road from my village to Igueben, from Igueben to Ekpon and Ekpon to Agbor. He might have not done enough but all these were done in his first tenure. If he did this in Esan south east and Northern part of Edo where he came from and other communities we don’t even know of, imagine what he did in the state’s capital. There’s nothing to attribute igbenedion with in Edo state and Obaseki is following his footsteps.

hopexter:
Who was the best? He was sure better than Igbenedion and Obaseki put together.

A lovely video of singer Davido and Chioma sharing a Kiss in Qatar has been shared online, Davido leaned forward to kiss his woman as they hung out with some people.

Kyase:
We are not talking about speech and how strong you are physically
One of the best Presidents America ever had was Roosevelt , the called him the wheelchair President
And the best
JFK also had spinal issues and was seen on several occasions walking with sticks
Here in Africa too, one of the president from north Africa was on wheelchair but happens to be the best
Tinubu may be sick like every one of us, we fall sick and get better, so why use that against him
Buhari was predicted not to survive 2017/18 even by our pastors but the dude is waxing strong day by day

Kyase:
The better candidate is BAT
Obi is actually the worst closely followed by Atiku

AtikuOkowa:
Never the less,France would WIN!!

This is what would make it clear that MESSI is not meant to win for his country.