Russian President Vladimir Putin set terms for ending the nearly four-year-long war in Ukraine. Hostilities will cease only if Kyiv withdraws from territories Moscow claims as its own. “In general, we agree that this can be the basis for future agreements,” Putin said. The comments came during his visit to Kyrgyzstan.
MOSCOW NOVEMBER 28: Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 27 set terms for ending the nearly four-year-long war in Ukraine, saying hostilities will cease only if Kyiv withdraws from territories Moscow claims as its own.
“In general, we agree that this can be the basis for future agreements,” Putin said, noting that the version of the plan discussed by Washington and Kyiv in Geneva had been shared with Moscow.
“We see that the American side takes our position into account in some areas,” he added. “But in other points, we clearly need to sit down and talk.”
The comments came during his visit to Kyrgyzstan, where he also described the revised US peace plan as a potential starting point for future negotiations. Washington’s push for a breakthrough includes upcoming visits by key American officials to Moscow and Kyiv.
Ukraine, however, maintains that it will not surrender territory and insists the only viable discussion is defining the current line of contact along the 1,100-kilometre front. On the battlefield, Russia claims fresh gains, while Putin also seized on a corruption scandal in Kyiv to question Ukraine’s political stability as the conflict grinds on.
