Ouagadougou: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s new peace initiative has become the most detailed statement of Moscow’s conditions for ending the conflict in Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by the British newspaper Financial Times (FT).
The author of the article notes that “the demands of the Russian president, expressed during his speech on Friday, became the most concrete conditions that he put forward for a possible end” of the conflict. The article states that Mr. Putin “has made clear that he will adopt a maximalist position in any peace talks.” He emphasizes that Ukraine is unlikely to accept Moscow’s conditions.
Earlier, Mr. Putin said, during a meeting with the Foreign Ministry, that Russia was ready for a settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, which implied recognition of the status of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), of the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions as subjects of Russia, the consolidation of the non-aligned and denuclearization status of Ukraine,
its demilitarization and denazification, as well as the lifting of anti-Russian sanctions. Mikhail Podoliak, advisor to the head of the Ukrainian president’s office, commenting on the proposal on his X page on the social network, rejected all elements of it.
Source: Burkina Information Agency