The Russian president insists he is ready to sit down for talks to end the fighting - but that 'those who refuse to do so should know that the longer it lasts the more difficult it will be for them to make a deal with us'.
It is also demanding the independence of Moscow-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine and an acceptance of the existing situation on the ground - a reference to other land gains it has made since troops invaded on 24 February.
Earlier this week, the Russian military claimed control of the Luhansk province, one of the two regions that make up Donbas, and is preparing to press its offensive into the second one, the Donetsk region.
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