In his assertion on the Russian Overseas Ministry, Putin said that negotiations might be held if Ukrainian troops utterly withdraw from the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhia areas and Ukraine guarantees to not be a part of NATO.
Putin mentioned that if the preconditions had been met, Russia might instantly cease its offensive and the secure withdrawal of Ukrainian forces can be assured.
Mykhailo Podolyak, Adviser to Ukrainian President Zelenskiy, claimed that Putin's statements weren’t a severe peace initiative and said that it was not potential to “discover a compromise” with the circumstances supplied by Putin.
Talking to the Reuters information company, Podolyak mentioned that the circumstances introduced by Putin don’t have anything to do with the negotiations.
Zelenskiy's advisor defined that it isn’t potential to discover a compromise between the Russian chief's statements and Ukraine's circumstances for ending the warfare.
Though Russia annexed Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhia, it doesn’t presently totally occupy any of them.
Not too long ago, totally different stories have appeared in Western media retailers that Putin is able to finish the warfare in Ukraine.
Reuters information company wrote in February that Putin's ceasefire provide was rejected by the USA.
The company reported in Might, citing high-ranking Russian sources, that Putin was able to cease the warfare with the positive aspects he had achieved on the Ukrainian entrance to this point.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy mentioned that he would by no means settle for Russia's management over Ukrainian territory.
Putin said that potential conferences might be held with the Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, as Zelenskiy's time period ends in Might.
Putin's response to G7's settlement on frozen Russian belongings: 'Theft is theft'
The Russia-Ukraine warfare was one of many important agenda gadgets of the G7 summit in Italy.
G7 leaders agreed on Thursday to supply a $50 billion mortgage to Ukraine, utilizing earnings from frozen Russian belongings as collateral.
After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the worth of Russian belongings frozen by the EU and G7 nations approached 325 billion {dollars}. The belongings generate roughly $3 billion in curiosity yearly.
In response to the G7 plan, this $3 billion will probably be used to pay the annual curiosity on the $50 billion mortgage acquired from worldwide markets for Ukraine.
Putin additionally touched upon this concern in his speech on Friday. The Russian chief mentioned Western leaders had been looking for “some type of authorized foundation” for freezing belongings, “however regardless of all of the methods, theft continues to be theft and won’t go unpunished.”
Putin claimed Moscow's therapy was proof that “everybody” might face asset freezes sooner or later.
A ten-year bilateral safety settlement was additionally signed between Ukraine and the USA on the summit.
The settlement requires the US to supply navy and coaching help to Ukraine, however Washington has not dedicated to sending troops to combat on behalf of its ally.
G7 group nations, consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, England and the USA, had been among the many vital monetary and navy supporters of Ukraine preventing in opposition to Russian forces.
