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A senior military commander in Kyiv has conceded that Ukraine lacks the ability to defeat Russia on the battlefield and will need to initiate talks with Vladimir Putin. Despite President Volodymyr Zelensky's repeated refusal to engage in negotiations with the Kremlin during the two-year conflict, a decree issued after Russia's formal annexation of four Ukrainian regions in 2022 categorizes talks as 'impossible'.
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