🔴 Live: Putin says Russia’s No. 1 priority remains to capture Ukraine’s Donbas region

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that Russia’s "primary objective" remains to capture Ukraine’s Donbas region and that efforts to slow Moscow’s advance through the Kursk incursion had failed. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to take part in a meeting with the Ramstein group of nations supplying arms to Ukraine to push for more long-range missiles. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.