Russia says it does not want a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine
Source: Financial Times
Russia does not want a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine and is pushing for a long-term peace settlement that will take into account its interests and concerns, a senior aide to Vladimir Putin has said.
Yuri Ushakov, the Russian presidents foreign policy adviser, told state television on Thursday that the 30-day ceasefire proposed after talks between the US and Ukraine this week was nothing other than a temporary breather for Ukrainian troops.
Nobody needs steps that imitate peaceful actions in this situation, Ushakov said, adding that Moscow hopes [the US] knows our position and wants to believe that they will take it into account as we work together going forward.
Russias rejection of the US proposal aligned with Putins hardline stance ahead of high-level talks later on Thursday in Moscow, where Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trumps special envoy to the Middle East, has landed.
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LetMyPeopleVote
(159,681 posts)Russia is also pushing for caps on Ukraines military, protections for Russian speakers in the country and fresh elections to replace President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
It has demanded an effective rollback of Natos eastward expansion since the cold war, which Putin has claimed forced him to order his invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
angrychair
(10,288 posts)Neither Ukraine nor Europe nor should the US, agree to these terms. They are neither serious or realistic.
It's losing this war and wants to steal huge portions of Ukraine with little guarantee that we won't be right back at war in another couple of years.
Screw Russia. NATO needs to create an immediate no fly zone over Ukraine.
You don't stop a bully but giving him more of a reason to be a bully. You bunch that motherfucker in the mouth.
WinstonSmith4740
(3,251 posts)Putin no more wants peace that he wants to step down as dictator. This will be like the cease fire in Palestine...there will always be a last minute dissent & it won't happen. Putin doesn't want peace...he never has. Want he wants is complete domination over the world, and Trump is too stupid to realize if we give him Europe, he'll come after us next.
Irish_Dem
(65,586 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(159,681 posts)Putin wants Ukraine to surrender
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-lays-out-demands-talks-with-us-ukraine-sources-say-2025-03-13/
It is not clear what exactly Moscow included on its list or whether it is willing to engage in peace talks with Kyiv prior to their acceptance. Russian and American officials discussed the terms during in-person and virtual conversations over the last three weeks, the people said.
They described the Kremlin's terms as broad and similar to demands it previously has presented to Ukraine, the U.S. and NATO.
Those earlier terms included no NATO membership for Kyiv, an agreement not to deploy foreign troops in Ukraine and international recognition of President Vladimir Putin's claim that Crimea and four provinces belong to Russia.
Russia, in recent years, also has demanded the U.S. and NATO address what it has called the "root causes" of the war, including NATO's eastward expansion.
Scrivener7
(54,515 posts)your creepy messiah will end the war in a day?
Of course you do. That's how incredibly stupid you are.
mdbl
(5,906 posts)Kind of like a murderer telling you to apologize to them after they kill you.
bluestarone
(19,123 posts)russia can go straight to HELL!!
NotHardly
(1,846 posts)hueymahl
(2,762 posts)This war has killed or maimed an entire generation. At this point I don't care much about who is at fault or why it started. I just want it to end.
wolfie001
(4,239 posts).....after any appeasement. Then it's on to the Baltics. After the war criminal accomplishes that, there will be others. Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, etc. etc.
hueymahl
(2,762 posts)Ukraine-Russia has its own unique issues that does not translate to other regions. I'm not saying your scenario could never happen, but it is far more complicated and nuanced than the domino theory inherited from the cold war.
IronLionZion
(48,013 posts)so Putin could invade claiming to "liberate" them from Moldova, the poorest country in Europe.
electric_blue68
(20,237 posts)Come talk to the Ukrainian-Americans in Little Ukraine/ The East Village in NYC (biggest community in the USA), and see what they say, and nineties hear from their relatives back there.
Sure, I'd like to end but on fair terms.
And screw Goon Putin for demanding President Zelenskyy be replaced.
yellowdogintexas
(23,104 posts)Russia first invaded Ukraine during Catherine the Great's reign.
The borders have changed in both directions over the centuries.
The worst happened in the 1930s when Russia began their collective farming, which resulted in a widespread man made famine in which millions died; Ukraine was the hardest hit because the Russians withheld the farmers's portion of the collective harvest because they wanted to suppress Ukraine's independence and resistance. . This period is known as the Holodomor. https://holodomormuseum.org.ua/en/the-history-of-the-holodomor/
I have read a couple of books about the Holodomor and it was horrible. Ukraine has not forgotten.
DallasNE
(7,711 posts)I have been saying that for several months now. Trump is wasting time with this effort that parallels Vietnam where talks lingered for 2 years until conditions got ripe for a North Vietnam takeover. What Ukraine needs is better weapons, including better air defenses and longer range weapons capable of inflicting major damage on Moscow. Either Ukraine wins or Ukraine loses. It is that binary.
wolfie001
(4,239 posts)It's the only route to beating Ivan the Butcher.
republianmushroom
(19,003 posts)Treaties and agreement don't mean a damn thing to Russia. To hell with Russia.
turbinetree
(25,840 posts)hey traitor what's your next move...............you going to lift sanctions against Russia............because Ukraine didn't go far enough...........with your logic.................
Nasruddin
(976 posts)Maybe put a hold on that Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Donny-2-scoops
pandr32
(12,713 posts)Putin wants to say he found a solution and ended it, but on terms favorable to Russia. It would make Russia more formidable and help his plans going forward.
LetMyPeopleVote
(159,681 posts)LudwigPastorius
(11,848 posts)Figarosmom
(4,728 posts)Said putin would listen to him and do as he asks cause they are pals.
DetlefK
(16,594 posts)Russia cannot accept any scenario in which an independent Ukraine remains. Putin started this war precisely to END Ukraine as an independent sovereign nation and return it to its status as a powerless vassal of Russia.
dchill
(41,563 posts)...TRUMPUTIN.
OMGWTF
(4,595 posts)Ukraine keeps all their land!!!!
LetMyPeopleVote
(159,681 posts)Link to tweet
He's still requiring that no western troops give Ukraine security guarantees.
He's still requiring the international community to recognize the stolen land he took from Ukraine as Russia's.
He's still requiring that NATO back off.
If you can't see what Putin is doing here, you are blind. He is only going to make a deal if that deal means he can easily do this all over again whenever he wants.