Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks as he visits one of the command posts of the Joint Group of the Russian Forces. in an undisclosed location.

Vladimir Putin’s latest claims about Russia’s successes on the Ukrainian frontline are “almost certainly inaccurate,” according to the UK.

The Russian president alleged on Tuesday that his troops had taken complete control of the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk.

His remarks came just as a US delegation were attempting to persuade the Kremlin to accept European counterproposals to Donald Trump’s recent peace plan – which Ukrainian allies feared was too pro-Russia.

But Moscow rejected the plan and held onto its maximalist goals for Ukraine, which includes the beleaguered country ceding even more land to Russia.

Putin already holds a fifth of Ukraine’s sovereign land, having seized it by force over the last decade.

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