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President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Russia would take more land in Ukraine by force if Kyiv and European politicians whom he cast as "young pigs" did not engage over U.S. proposals for a peace settlement.

The news conference is set to take place just hours before Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff meets with senior officials from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar to discuss the next phase of the Republican president's Gaza ceasefire plan, progress on which has moved slowly since it was announced in October.

U.S. administration officials signaled Monday a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine may be closer than ever.

Former British soldier Hayden Davies, labelled a mercenary by Russia, will be sent to a maximum-security prison.

Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and has used the Black Sea peninsula to launch attacks since its 2022 invasion.

Russia targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure with missile and drone strikes in another "massive attack" Friday night into Saturday morning, Ukrainian officials said.

Our troops are advancing all across the line of contact, faster in some areas or slower in some others, but the enemy is retreating in all sectors,” Putin said at the live news conference.