Vladimir Putin offers to end the war

Sends message to Ukraine and the Swiss summit

The Russian president, Vladimir Putinoutlined the conditions to begin the peace negotiations with Ukraine In his speech delivered at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

“Ukrainian troops must completely withdraw from the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Lugansk People’s Republic, as well as the Russian provinces of Kherson and Zaporozhye…” declared the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin.

He added that as soon as Kiev declare that you are ready for such a decision and begin the actual withdrawal of troops from these regions, as well as officially notify the abandonment of plans to join NATO, from our side, immediately, literally in that very minute, the order will come cease fire and begin negotiations.

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“Today we make another proposal for concrete and real peace. If kyiv and the Western capitals also reject it, as before, then in the end it is their business, their political and moral responsibility for the continued bloodshed. Obviously, the realities on the ground, on the line of contact, will continue to change, not in favor of the kyiv regime.”held.

He clarified that the essence of the proposal is not a kind of temporary truce or ceasefire, as the West wants, to restore losses and rearm the kyiv regime and prepare it for a new offensive.

“We are not talking about the freezing of the conflict, but about its definitive end”Putin pointed out.

Conditions

“Our principled position is as follows: the neutral, non-aligned and non-nuclear status of Ukraine, its demilitarization and denazification. All the more so since these parameters were generally agreed upon in the course of the Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul in 2022.”he detailed.

It is clear, furthermore, that the rights, freedoms and interests of the Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine must be fully guaranteed, the status of Crimea, Sevastopol, the Lugansk and Donetsk people’s republics, and the Kherson and Kherson regions must be recognized… Zaporozhie as Russian provinces.

“In the future, all these basic and fundamental provisions will have to be fixed in international treaties. Obviously, this also implies the lifting of all Western sanctions against Russia.

We call to turn the tragic page of history and, even if it is difficult, gradually, step by step, begin to restore relations of trust and good neighborliness between Russia and Ukraine, as well as in Europe as a whole.”concluded the Russian president.