Putin Announces Ukraine Conflict Is Coming to an End, Calls for Talks with Zelenskyy
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the Ukraine conflict is nearing an end, signaling openness to peace talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The remarks followed a scaled-back Victory Day parade and a US-brokered ceasefire marred by accusations of violations. Putin also criticized Western support for Ukraine, which he claimed allowed Kyiv to persist in the war.
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Amid a US-backed ceasefire, Putin signals peace talks could progress, but broader negotiations remain stalled.
Putin declared the war in Ukraine was "heading to an end" on Saturday, even though the first day of a US-brokered ceasefire was marred by mutual accusations of violations and a scaled-down Victory Day parade.
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Russian president also says he is willing to meet Zelenskyy in a third country if a long-term peace deal is reached.
Russian president damns western support that has allowed Ukraine to hold out and asks for talks with Gerhard Schröder in remarks after diminished Victory Day parade Vladimir Putin has said he thinks the Ukraine war is winding down – remarks that came a few hours after he had vowed to defeat Ukraine at Moscow’s most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years. “I think that the matter is coming to an end,” Putin told reporters of the Russia-Ukraine war, Europe’s deadliest conflict since the second world war. He said he would be willing to negotiate new security arrangements for Europe, and that his preferred negotiating partner would be Germany’s former chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Continue reading...
The Russian leader sees potential for Ukraine negotiations, but condemns the West's backing for President Zelensky.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he thought the Ukraine war was coming to an end, remarks that came just hours after he had vowed victory in Ukraine at Moscow's most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years.
The Russian President said he was ready to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a third country only once all conditions for a potential peace agreement were settled
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he thought the Ukraine conflict was coming to an end. Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine triggered the most serious crisis in relations between Russia and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when many people feared the world was on the brink of nuclear war. “I think that the matter is coming to an end,” Putin told reporters of the Ukraine war. Putin was speaking in the Kremlin after Russia held its most scaled-back Victory Day...
The Russian president made the remarks as Moscow and Kyiv observe a three-day ceasefire in their four-year conflict.
Asked about EU plans for talks to end the four-year conflict, the Russian president said former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder would be his preferred negotiator.