- Vladimir Putin's annual phone-in has been postponed, Kommersant reported.
- The "Direct Line" dial-in sessions are meant to allow Russians to directly question the president.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has postponed his annual marathon phone-in after Ukraine launched its counteroffensive to reclaim territory, $4
The "Direct Line" phone-in usually runs for hours and involves Putin fielding questions from ordinary Russian citizens about a range of social and policy issues.
It has been going since 2001, with Putin missing the $4 began to suffer setbacks. He also missed the event in 2004.
A Kremlin source told Russian daily Kommersant that the 2023 event would likely be postponed until November or December, and linked the decision to the situation in Ukraine, where $4 to drive back the Russian invasion.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian state media $4 no date had been set for the event.
If held in December, the phone-in would be timed for just before the likely launch of Putin's 2024 presidential campaign.
It's one of a series of scheduled public appearances by Putin that have been cancelled amid the conflict with Ukraine, with last year's phone-in and an annual December press conference also scrapped.
According to reports, Putin has become an increasingly isolated figure during the war, interacting with a closed circle of aides and allies, and fearful of assassination.
A $4 outside Moscow, where Putin has a mansion, shook the Russian president who is now unwilling to travel abroad, according Russian $4,.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been mired in a stalemate for months. But on Thursday $4 back from territory in east and south Ukraine.