NATO, Russia and drone incursion
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Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded on Monday an Order of Courage to Army General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff of Russia's armed forces and the overall commander of Russia's war in Ukraine.
"If any troops appear there, especially now while fighting is ongoing, we assume that they will be legitimate targets," Putin says as the U.S. and Europe plan for a post-war Ukraine.
Putin said on Wednesday he was open to a face-to-face meeting with Zelenskyy in the Russian capital, while Trump pushes for progress in ending Russia's all-out war in Ukraine, now well into its fourth year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that he should come to Moscow to hold peace talks — all while Moscow fired more than 500 drones and missiles at Kyiv overnight, wrecking energy and civilian infrastructure.
President Putin denied on Friday that Russia's economy was stagnating, despite a report from the central bank that suggests it is technically in recession.