Moscow, Russia. The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia has not changed its position on the conditions for a peace deal in Ukraine since President Vladimir Putin outlined them in 2024. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the stance remained consistent and was known to Kyiv and U.S. negotiators.
Kremlin reiterates peace conditions
Peskov told reporters that Russia’s position had been set out two years ago by Putin in a speech at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He said the position was unchanged and entirely consistent.
According to the Kremlin, the conditions outlined by Putin in 2024 require Kyiv’s forces to withdraw from four regions that Moscow says are part of Russia and to publicly abandon plans to join NATO.
Putin rejects Ukrainian proposal
In a television interview at the weekend, Putin said Russia would continue pursuing its battlefield objective of fully controlling the four regions. He rejected what he described as a new Ukrainian proposal to limit hostilities in the war, which has lasted more than four years.
Putin said Ukraine had proposed a mutual halt to long-range strikes and that fighting should be confined to the four regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. Russia has claimed those regions as its own, while Kyiv rejects the claim as an illegal land grab.
Ukraine and Belarus mentioned
The office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy did not immediately respond to a request for comment submitted during late-night hours in Ukraine on Putin’s remarks.
Peskov also said on Monday that Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had discussed the war in Ukraine during a weekend meeting before Lukashenko departed for China for talks.
