Putin Tells Ukraine: End War Via Talks or I Will End It by Force

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin told Kyiv on Wednesday that there was a chance to end the war in Ukraine via negotiations "if common sense prevails," an option he'd prefer, but that he was ready to end it by force if that was the only way.

- Moscow, September 3

Speaking in China, Putin said that he perceived "a certain light at the end of the tunnel" given what he said were sincere efforts by the US to find a settlement to Europe's biggest land war since World War II. "It seems to me that if common sense prevails, it will be possible to agree on an acceptable solution to end this conflict. That is my assumption," he said.