Reuters news agency, citing sources, reported that Vladimir Putin is ready to discuss the Ukraine ceasefire agreement with Donald Trump, but rejects any major territorial concessions.
Publish dateThursday 21 November 2024 - 10:34
Story Code : 300965
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): Vladimir Putin is ready to discuss a Ukraine ceasefire deal with Donald Trump, but rejects any major territorial concessions and insists that Kiev abandons its ambitions to join the U.N. NATO ignores.
Moscow now controls parts of Ukraine the size of the US state of Virginia and is advancing at its fastest pace since the early days of the war in 2022.
In the first detailed report on what Russian President Vladimir Putin would accept in any potential deal brokered by US President-elect Donald Trump, five current and former Russian officials said the Kremlin could generally agree to a front-line ceasefire. There may be room for negotiation on the exact division of the four eastern regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson, according to three of the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Russia may be ready to withdraw from the relatively small parts it holds in the Kharkiv and Mykolaiv regions in northern and southern Ukraine, two officials said. Putin said this month that any ceasefire deal must reflect the "reality" on the ground, but would not accept a short-term ceasefire that would only allow the West to rearm Ukraine.
According to ISNA, Putin told the Valdai discussion group on November 7: "If there is no neutrality, it is difficult to imagine good neighborly relations between Russia and Ukraine." why Because this means that Ukraine will constantly be used as a tool in the wrong hands and to the detriment of the interests of the Russian Federation.
Two of the sources said US President Joe Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to fire long-range US Atcoms missiles deep into Russia could complicate and delay any settlement and make Moscow's demands tougher. According to Moscow, which described this action as a serious escalation of tension, Kiev used these missiles for the first time to attack Russian territory.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Reuters hours before the Russians reported the At-Coms strikes: "Putin has already said that a ceasefire will not work at all and that the missile license is a very dangerous escalation by the United States."
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine did not immediately respond to a request for comment on this news.
"He is the only person who can bring both sides together to negotiate peace and work to end the war and stop the killing," Trump's communications director, Steven Chuang, told Reuters.
Trump has said he will speak directly with Putin in his efforts to reach a peace deal, though he has not provided details on how the warring parties might reconcile.
Both sides show little sign of backing down. The president of Ukraine has said that his country will not rest until it expels the last Russian soldier from its territory; It is based on the borders obtained after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. However, senior American generals have publicly stated that this demand is too ambitious.
On June 14, Putin announced his initial conditions for an immediate end to the war, saying Ukraine must abandon its NATO ambitions and withdraw all its forces from the entirety of the four territories it claims, mostly controlled by Russia.
While Russia will not tolerate Ukraine joining NATO or the presence of NATO forces on Ukrainian soil, it is open to discussing security guarantees for Kiev, according to five current and former officials. Other Ukrainian concessions the Kremlin could push for, they said, include Kiev agreeing to limit the size of its armed forces and a commitment not to restrict the use of the Russian language on Ukrainian soil.
Moscow now controls parts of Ukraine the size of the US state of Virginia and is advancing at its fastest pace since the early days of the war in 2022.
In the first detailed report on what Russian President Vladimir Putin would accept in any potential deal brokered by US President-elect Donald Trump, five current and former Russian officials said the Kremlin could generally agree to a front-line ceasefire. There may be room for negotiation on the exact division of the four eastern regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson, according to three of the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Russia may be ready to withdraw from the relatively small parts it holds in the Kharkiv and Mykolaiv regions in northern and southern Ukraine, two officials said. Putin said this month that any ceasefire deal must reflect the "reality" on the ground, but would not accept a short-term ceasefire that would only allow the West to rearm Ukraine.
According to ISNA, Putin told the Valdai discussion group on November 7: "If there is no neutrality, it is difficult to imagine good neighborly relations between Russia and Ukraine." why Because this means that Ukraine will constantly be used as a tool in the wrong hands and to the detriment of the interests of the Russian Federation.
Two of the sources said US President Joe Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to fire long-range US Atcoms missiles deep into Russia could complicate and delay any settlement and make Moscow's demands tougher. According to Moscow, which described this action as a serious escalation of tension, Kiev used these missiles for the first time to attack Russian territory.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Reuters hours before the Russians reported the At-Coms strikes: "Putin has already said that a ceasefire will not work at all and that the missile license is a very dangerous escalation by the United States."
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine did not immediately respond to a request for comment on this news.
"He is the only person who can bring both sides together to negotiate peace and work to end the war and stop the killing," Trump's communications director, Steven Chuang, told Reuters.
Trump has said he will speak directly with Putin in his efforts to reach a peace deal, though he has not provided details on how the warring parties might reconcile.
Both sides show little sign of backing down. The president of Ukraine has said that his country will not rest until it expels the last Russian soldier from its territory; It is based on the borders obtained after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. However, senior American generals have publicly stated that this demand is too ambitious.
On June 14, Putin announced his initial conditions for an immediate end to the war, saying Ukraine must abandon its NATO ambitions and withdraw all its forces from the entirety of the four territories it claims, mostly controlled by Russia.
While Russia will not tolerate Ukraine joining NATO or the presence of NATO forces on Ukrainian soil, it is open to discussing security guarantees for Kiev, according to five current and former officials. Other Ukrainian concessions the Kremlin could push for, they said, include Kiev agreeing to limit the size of its armed forces and a commitment not to restrict the use of the Russian language on Ukrainian soil.
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