Putin said Ukrainian forces are fully withdrawing along the contact line

【Putin: Ukrainian forces are retreating along the entire contact line】

Moscow time December 29, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting on the situation in the special military operation area:

Dear comrades, the task of liberating the Donbas, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions is being implemented in stages - according to the plan of the special military operation. The group forces confidently advance, breaking through the enemy's defense lines. The Ukrainian armed forces' formations are retreating along the entire contact line.

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