Day 659 of the Invasion of Ukraine: There Will Be Peace When Russia De-Nazifies The Country Says Putin

Day 659 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Putin: There will be peace when we achieve the de-Nazification of Ukraine
• There is a real danger that Putin will not stop in Ukraine, the NATO Secretary General has warned
• Attack in Odesa region, children are among the injured
• Russia says it shot down nine drones targeting Moscow
• Olaf Scholz: The EU should limit new spending, but signal support for Ukraine
• Orban: There is no reason to negotiate Ukraine's EU membership
• The most important task of the EU now is to give more money to Ukraine, according to the Irish Prime Minister
• The EU must reach an agreement on Ukraine's accession, the Estonian Prime Minister said
• Russia seems pleased with the US being isolated at the UN over its support for Israel, a top European diplomat says
• The Russian economy would have grown by 5 percent if Moscow had not started the war in Ukraine, writes the Financial Times

Putin: There will be peace when we achieve the de-Nazification of Ukraine

The Russian president said that there will be peace when Russia achieves its goals. For the first time since the beginning of the war, Vladimir Putin gave his annual press conference. Last year the event was cancelled.

According to Putin, the military aid that Ukraine has received from Western countries will soon end. He announced that at this stage there is no need for a new mobilization among the Russians.

For Russia, the most important thing is to...