https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-69025424
Russia is currently not seeking to capture Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, President Vladimir Putin has claimed.
“There are no such plans today,” he said at the end of his visit to China.
But he stressed that Russian forces were advancing in the north-eastern Kharkiv region to create a “security zone” for Russia’s border region.
Mr Putin has spoken before of such a zone, but his public comments have not always reflected his aims in Ukraine.
Ukraine says the front line has stabilised, admitting that Russia has occupied a number of border villages.
Russia launched its offensive in the region last week, and fierce street fighting has been reported for the past several days in the key town of Vovchansk near the Russian border.
On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian troops had only managed to advance to the first of Ukraine’s three defensive lines in the region.
俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京声称，俄罗斯目前并不寻求占领乌克兰第二大城市哈尔科夫。
“目前没有这样的计划，”他在访华结束时表示。
但他强调，俄罗斯军队正在向哈尔科夫地区东北部推进，为俄罗斯边境地区建立“安全区”。
普京先生以前曾谈到过这样的区域，但他的公开言论并不总是反映他在乌克兰的目标。
乌克兰表示前线已经稳定，承认俄罗斯占领了一些边境村庄。
俄罗斯上周在该地区发动了攻势，据报道，过去几天在靠近俄罗斯边境的关键城镇沃夫昌斯克发生了激烈的巷战。
周五，乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基表示，俄罗斯军队仅成功推进到乌克兰在该地区三条防线中的第一条。
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