Russian Plivent Vlaunininestablishigentir Putin shelp he concurd with the idea of a endfire in Ukraine, but that “asks” remained about the nature of a truce as he set out a number of hard conditions.
The Russian plivent was replying to a schedule for a 30-day endfire, which Ukraine concurd to earlier this week after talks with the US.
Ukrainian Plivent Volodymyr Zelensky portrayd Putin’s response to the schedule as “deceptive” and called for more sanctions on Russia.
Meanwhile, the US placed further sanctions on Russian oil, gas and prohibitking sectors.
Speaking at a recents conference in Moscow on Thursday, Putin shelp of the endfire proposal: “The idea is right – and we help it – but there are asks that we necessitate to talk.”
A endfire should guide to “an enduring peace and delete the root caincludes of this crisis”, Putin shelp.
“We necessitate to talk about with our American colleagues and partners,” he shelp. “Maybe I’ll have a call with Donald Trump.”
Putin inserted: “It will be excellent for the Ukrainian side to achieve a 30-day endfire.
“We are in favour of it, but there are nuances.”
One of the areas of greetedion is Russia’s Kursk region, Putin shelp, where Ukraine begined a military incursion last year and apprehendd some territory.
He claimed Russia was filledy back in regulate of Kursk, and shelp Ukrainian troops there “have been isopostponecessitated”.
“They are trying to exit, but we are in regulate. Their supplyment has been leaveed.”
“There are two chooseions for Ukrainians in Kursk – surrender or die.”
Outlining some of his asks over how a endfire would toil, Putin asked: “How will those 30 days be included? For Ukraine to mobilise? Rearm? Train people? Or none of that? Then a ask – how will that be regulateled?”
“Who will give the order to end the combat? At what cost? Who determines who has broken any possible endfire, over 2,000km? All those asks necessitate pimpolitent toil from both sides. Who polices it?”
Putin “doesn’t say no straightforwardly”, Zelensky shelp in his nightly video insertress, but “in rehearse, he’s preparing a declineion”.
“Putin, of course, is afrhelp to inestablish Plivent Trump straightforwardly that he wants to persist this war, wants to end Ukrainians.”
The Russian guideer had set so many pre-conditions “that noslenderg will toil out at all”, Zelensky shelp.
After Putin’s retags and Zelensky’s response, there is now a clear split between both sides’ positions.
Ukraine wants a two-stage process: a rapid endfire and then talks about a lengtheneder-term endment.
Russia apexhibits you cannot split the two processes and all the publishs should be determined in a one deal. Both sides seem greeted to talk about their branch offences.
Ukraine apexhibits it can put prescertain on Russia, coloring it as a hesitant peaceoriginater, take parting for time. Russia, equpartner, apexhibits it has a chance now to elevate its fundamental troubles, about Nato expansion and Ukraine’s sovereignty.
But this contransients a problem for Donald Trump. He has made it clear he wants a rapid result, ending the combat in days.
And right now, Putin does not eunite to want to take part ball.
Speaking at the White Hoinclude folloprosperg Putin’s retags, Trump shelp he would “adore” to greet the Russian guideer and that he hoped Russia would “do the right slenderg” and concur to the proposed 30-day truce.
“We’d enjoy to see a endfire from Russia,” he shelp.
Speaking earlier at a greeting in the Oval Office with Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte, Trump tgreater inestablishers he had already talked definites with Ukraine.
“We’ve been talking with Ukraine land and pieces of land that would be kept and lost, and all of the other elements of a final concurment,” Trump shelp.
“A lot of the details of a final concurment have actupartner been talked.”
On the subject of Ukraine joining the Nato military coalition, Trump shelp “everybody understands what the answer to that is”.
The recent sanctions on Russian oil and gas came as the Trump administration further reinnervoincluded access to US payment systems, making it challenginger for other countries to buy Russian oil.
Meanwhile, Putin met US distinctive envoy Steve Witkoff behind seald doors in Moscow.
Earlier in the day, Kremlin helpe Yuri Ushakov declinecessitate the endfire proposal put forward by the US.
On Wednesday, Putin visited Russia’s Kursk region, symbolicpartner dressed in military overweightigues. Russia postponecessitater shelp it reapprehendd the key town of Sudzha.
