Vladimir Putin, speaking at a meeting of the Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, once again assured that “Russia will achieve all the goals of the special military operation”. As he said, the Kremlin intends to bring the almost four-year-long war against Ukraine to its “logical end.”
During his speech, the Russian leader repeated propaganda theses about the alleged belonging of the occupied territories to Russia. “Donbas is Russian territory, that's a historical fact.” – he argued. Putin said that the occupied lands were “recovered territories” for the Kremlin, adding: “Territories are important. These are reclaimed lands, our historic land. “Russia was created in such a way that it was always part of Russia.”
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Russian demands and American pressure on Ukraine
At the same time, the “Axios” portal reported that the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, is to be under increasing pressure from the United States. According to website sources The US is to pressure Kiev to accept territorial losses to Russia as part of possible peace negotiations.
The key points of the talks concern two issues: Russia demands that the entire Donbas be handed over to it, including those areas that it was unable to occupy militarily, and Ukraine demands strong security guarantees from the USthat would prevent further attacks by Russia.
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US and Russia talks in Moscow. Ukrainian sources comment
One Ukrainian official told Axios that Washington's proposals became less favorable after U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spoke with Putin in Moscow. “It looked as if the US was trying to sell us in various ways the Russian desire to occupy the entire Donbas and the Americans wanted Zelensky to accept all this during a telephone conversation. — said the portal's source.
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