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Vladimir Putin has hit a difficult line on any deal to stop the fighting in Ukraine, even saying that he “supports the idea” behind a 30 -day ceasefire backed by the United States.
The President of Russia said on Thursday that any cease invasion.
“The idea itself is correct, and we support it without restriction or condition,” he said. “But there are issues that we must discuss, and I think we need to discuss them with our American colleagues and partners.”
Putin added that the Ukraine forces will give an opportunity to decline, assemble and re -deport just as the Russian army acquires the upper hand in Cursk regionParts of which were captured by Kiev last year.
American and Ukrainian delegations agreed at a meeting in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia this week to discuss a proposal for a temporary existence 30 days of ceasefire On the ground, the sea and the air. The delegations also agreed to the start of negotiations “towards a permanent peace that provides for the long -term security of Ukraine.”
Putin said: “Does this mean that Ukraine will use those thirty days to continue the forced mobilization, obtain weapons supplies and prepare its packed units?”
In fact, Moscow’s previous demands for Ukraine as a working country will end and place it directly in the orbit of Russia with the minimum presence of NATO in eastern Germany.
Putin called on Ukraine to recognize Russia’s annexation of four southeast and semi -Crimea parties, withdrawing its forces from those areas and pledged not to join NATO as pre -ceasefire conditions.
Russia is also pressing caps against the Ukrainian army, protecting Russian speakers in the country and new elections to replace President Voludmir Zelinsky.
He demanded an effective decline in NATO expansion in the east since the Cold War, which Putin claimed to have forced him to request his invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
US President Donald Trump described Putin’s comments as a “very promising” but “incomplete” statement, adding that his team was conducting “very dangerous discussions” with the leader of Russia.
“I would like to meet him and talk to him, but we have to finish fasting.”.
In a clear indication of regional privileges by Kiev, the US President added that Washington had discussed with Ukraine “pieces of the land that will be kept and lost” as well as who will get energy assets and other details.
“Many details of the final agreement have been discussed and now we will see whether Russia is present or not,” Trump said. “If not, it will be a very disappointing moment for the world.”
Putin said that Moscow has concerns about how to carry out any ceasefire and monitor them in the battlefield, as he said that Russian forces “are advancing practically everywhere” along the 1,000 -km confrontation line.
“We will agree on how to end the conflict and find an acceptable agreement for all based on how the situation is evolving on the ground,” he said.
He expressed his confidence that “Russia’s breakthroughs in Kursk” and other places on the front lines will continue.
Elena Reybakova, an older colleague at the Peterson International Economy Institute, said that Putin did not want to blame for standing on the road of Trump’s deal but he did not feel pressure to “back down from her maximum demands.”
She added: “They want to play the chicken game with the United States, to find out what [Trump] You will do if Russia pretends to play the ball and suggest “an unconditional ceasefire.”
Steve Whitchov, Trump envoy in the Middle East, in Moscow before the expected talks with the leader of Russia on the war in Ukraine and the normalization of the United States and Russia’s relations.
Putin also suggested on Thursday that the United States and Russia are negotiating with securing gas supplies to Europe, following the Mali Times report that his close friend Matthias Warning is making a restart Norder Russia 2 Gas pipeline to Europe with the support of American investors.
He said: “If the United States and Russia reach an energy agreement, the Europe’s gas pipeline will be safe. This will be useful for Europe because it will get a cheap Russian gas,” he said.
