Press secretary of the Russian dictator Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin "carefully read" the statement of US President-elect Donald Trump calling for negotiations to start ending the war in Ukraine. This is reported by the Russian media, reports UNN.
According to him, Putin has repeatedly said that Russia is "open to negotiations on Ukraine and welcomes peace initiatives" that come primarily from the countries of the Global South and BRICS partners.
"Our position on Ukraine is well known. The conditions for an instant cessation of hostilities were set out by President Putin in June of this year in his speech at the Russian Foreign Ministry," Peskov said.
According to him, to reach a peaceful trajectory, it is enough for Zelensky to lift the ban on negotiations with the Russian Federation and instruct him to return to a dialogue based on "Istanbul".
He also commented on Trump's statements about the losses of both sides. According to Peskov, these data "are set out in the Ukrainian interpretation and reflect the official position of Ukraine," while the real figures of losses are "completely different.
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Donald Trump after meeting with Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron, called for an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine and the start of negotiations. He said that "about 600 thousand Russian soldiers were injured or killed in a war that should never have started and can last forever.
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In June, Putin announced the conditions for the cessation of hostilities in Ukraine. He demanded that the Ukrainian authorities withdraw troops from the entire territory of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions, as well as refuse the country's entry into NATO. Vladimir Zelensky called it"an ultimatum that cannot be trusted.