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Ukraine and NATO immediately responded to the “proposals” of Vladimir Putin to reach the cthat of the conflict in eastern Europe. They described the Kremlin’s claims as “offensive” and made “in bad faith.”
“It’s all a complete farce. Therefore, once again, forget your wishful thinking and stop taking ‘Russia’s proposals’ seriously. that are offensive to common sense”, wrote Mijaílo Podoliak, presidential advisor of Ukraine on his social networks.
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, for his part, assured that Putin’s proposals were not made in good faith.
“The plan means that Russia could achieve their war goals by expecting the Ukrainians to give up significantly more territory than Russia has been able to occupy until now,” Stoltenberg pointed out.
It is that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin this Friday conditioned an eventual negotiated solution to the conflict with Ukraine. He assured that peace will be achieved when kyiv withdraws its troops from the four regions that the Kremlin claims and if Zelensky renounces his plans to join NATO.
“As soon as kyiv (…) begins the effective withdrawal of troops (from the regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia), and as soon as it notifies that it abandons its plans to join NATO, We will immediately, this very minute, give the ceasefire order and begin negotiations“said the Russian president before officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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These demands constitute a de facto request for Ukraine’s surrender, the objective of which is maintain its territorial integrity and its sovereignty.
“There is nothing new in this, no real peace proposals or desire to end the war. But there is a desire not to pay for this war and to continue it in new formats. “It’s all a complete farce,” said Councilor Podoliak.
In September 2022, Putin proclaimed the annexation of the four regions of eastern and southern Ukraine, in addition to Crimea in 2014.
The Russian president insisted that Ukraine must be handed over to Russia all these territories, although Moscow only partially occupies them.
