Putin: Ukraine-Russia agreements could have ended conflict long ago. Russian President: One can regret that Russia did not begin active actions in Ukraine earlier.
In addition, Putin expressed the opinion that the trip of former British Prime Minister to Ukraine in 2022 was at the expense of the US administration. He also said that he regretted that Russia had not been able to send more troops to Ukraine to help end the conflict in the east of the country. He said this in an interview with the Russian news agency TASS.