The Russian dictator said that if Ukraine does not assume neutrality, it will be difficult to imagine having “good relations with the neighborhood.”
The head of Russia’s ruling regime, Vladimir Putin, made new statements about Ukraine. In particular, he reiterated his willingness to start “peace negotiations.” This was reported by the Russian pro-government news agency RIA Novosti.
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He argues that it is necessary to talk about the end of the war, but not based on the “wishes” of Kyiv, but on the “previously reached agreements” with Istanbul, which means negotiations from March 2022.
“We are determined to create conditions for a long-term settlement (of the conflict – ed.), so that Ukraine is an independent, sovereign state, and not an instrument in the hands of third countries, and is not used in their interests,” Putin asserted.
The Russian dictator assures that if Ukraine does not assume neutrality, it will be difficult to imagine having “good neighborly relations” between Kiev and Moscow. According to him, regarding Ukraine’s plans to join NATO, it is allegedly “not agreed upon.”
According to him, this is exactly the reason why Russia “went” to Donbass and Crimea, the Kremlin leader believes. He also began to speak about the “right to self-determination” of residents of Ukrainian regions that “did not agree” with the 2014 government change.
He did not admit that Russia started the invasion, and called it “assistance in accordance with Article 1 of the UN Charter.”
We remind you that the newly elected US President Donald Trump said that he does not rule out the possibility of continuing talks with Vladimir Putin.
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