Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a peace plan to Ukraine, outlining several preconditions for ending hostilities. During a briefing with senior Russian Foreign Ministry officials, Putin demanded that Ukraine surrender four southeastern regions—Zaporizhia, Kherson, Luhansk, and Donetsk—that are partly occupied by Russian troops, as well as Crimea. Additionally, Ukraine must renounce its plans to join NATO, become neutral, nonaligned, nonnuclear, and denazified, and protect the rights and freedoms of Russian-speaking citizens. This proposal, which includes recognizing new Russian territories, was immediately rejected by Kyiv. The plan, which revisits harsh parameters proposed but not accepted in Istanbul 2022 drafts, appears to be an attempt to sabotage Ukraine’s upcoming peace summit in Switzerland and present Putin as open to peace on his terms.
NEW | Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined his uncompromising demands for Ukraine’s capitulation as a prerequisite for "peace" negotiations in Ukraine in an attempt to undermine the June 15-16 Global Peace Summit in Switzerland. (1/10) https://t.co/tCHijjBhat
Putin Offers Ceasefire If Ukraine Surrenders Eastern Provinces https://t.co/dk9jXODo7V
Putin said that Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the entirety of the four provinces claimed but not fully controlled by Moscow at this moment - Zaporizhia, Kherson, Luhansk & Donetsk. #Velsig https://t.co/iakL7rfVB9 https://t.co/n1I2rlv3Ar
President Putin describes how Kiev can end the war: 🔹A neutral, non-aligned, demilitarized, and denazified Ukraine 🔹Rights and freedoms of the Russian-speaking citizens should be protected 🔹The new Russian territories must be recognized as parts of Russia https://t.co/U5qT985tui
The Russian president said that he is willing to accept a ceasefire in exchange for four Ukrainian regions, a proposal Kyiv immediately rejected. https://t.co/c7GfZ9R2lU
Putin lays out terms for ending Ukraine war: Kyiv must cede annexed territories, drop NATO plans. https://t.co/oYZjjcmdOT
Putin reiterates his maximalist conditions for peace in advance of the Switzerland peace summit this weekend: - Neutral, nonaligned and nonnuclear Ukraine - Demilitarization (based on harsh parameters Russia proposed but Ukraine didn’t accept in Istanbul 2022 drafts) -… https://t.co/HYKZCG3Exu
Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded Ukraine surrender four southeastern regions that Russian troops partly occupy and renounce plans to join NATO as conditions for Russia to “immediately” stop hostilities and start of negotiations to end the war. https://t.co/a1s5FKrblB
Vladimir Putin announced a series of preconditions for peace talks with Ukraine during a briefing with senior Russian Foreign Ministry officials on Friday, Russian media outlet RBC reported. ⤵️ https://t.co/817MWqFuPJ
Putin’s new peace plan is basically for Ukraine to surrender. Russia demands 4 Ukrainian oblasts that it doesn’t control in full, plus Crimea. The idea is to sabotage Ukraine’s peace summit and show the Global South that Putin is open to peace, but on his terms. Nothing new.
Vladimir Putin has proposed his “peace plan” to Ukraine, purportedly to halt the war. Here are several thoughts on this manoeuvre.