MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday (Jun 14) demanded Ukraine effectively surrender to Moscow if it wants to open peace talks, drawing anger and rebukes from Kyiv and the West.
MOSCOW: Russia n President Vladimir Putin on Friday demanded Ukraine effectively surrender to Moscow if it wants to open peace talks, drawing anger and rebukes from Kyiv and the West.The countries have been locked in bloody conflict for more than two years, and no direct peace talks have been held since the first weeks of Russia 's campaign when it was advancing on the Ukrainian capital.
"Ukrainian troops must be completely withdrawn from the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions," Putin said in a televised address to Russian diplomats in Moscow. "As soon as Kyiv says it is ready to do this and begins really withdrawing troops and officially renounces plans to join NATO, we will immediately, literally that very minute, cease fire and begin talks," Putin said.Kyiv immediately attacked the demands.
Military analysts have long said Russia wanted to control a"land bridge" between Russia and the Crimean peninsula, along the southern coast of Ukraine. Kyiv, which signed a security agreement with the United States on Thursday, Jun 14, 2024, immediately rejected Putin's demands. Kyiv will use the forum to outline its own peace agenda and rally international support behind it.
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