Kremlin Says Putin Ready for Talks with Trump on UkraineFrances Martel 20 Nov 2024
Top Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday that strongman Vladimir Putin is “ready for talks” to end the Ukraine war with American President-elect Donald Trump.
Peskov was responding to questions about a report published by Reuters on Wednesday citing anonymous officials, claiming that Putin may be open to ending the ongoing invasion of Ukraine if Russia can keep control of much of the territory he has seized from the anonymous sources claimed that Putin “could broadly agree to freeze the conflict along the front lines.”
Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014, “annexing” its Crimean peninsula. After a period of peace during the four years that Trump was in the White House, Putin again invaded Ukraine in February 2022 after outgoing President Joe Biden lifted sanctions on the lucrative Nord Stream 2 pipeline that would have dramatically increased Russian fossil fuel sales to Western Europe. In September of that year, Putin “annexed” four more regions of Ukraine: Luhansk and Donetsk, the Donbas regions; Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia.
The Ukrainian government has adamantly refused to negotiate an end to the war that would result in Russia permanently maintaining control of its occupied territories. The Biden administration has not taken any concrete measures towards ending the war diplomatically, instead funneling billions of dollars in military support to Ukraine. Reports this weekend indicated that Biden approved Ukraine using the long-range American Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) to bomb Russia, a potential red line for Moscow. The White House has not confirmed the reports, but both Russia and Ukraine claimed such a missile was used to bomb a target in undisputed Russian territory shortly thereafter.
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