Putin says he thinks the Ukraine conflict is coming to an end
Putin said the war is nearing its end and signaled openness to new European security talks as a US-brokered ceasefire began.
- On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested the Ukraine war is "heading to an end" while naming former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder as his preferred European negotiator for peace talks.
- Putin spoke after a scaled-back Victory Day parade, which commemorates the Soviet Union's triumph over Nazi Germany and honors 27 million Soviet citizens who perished in World War II.
- The four-year conflict has killed hundreds of thousands and left swathes of Ukraine in ruins, while draining Russia's $3 trillion economy and straining relations with Europe to Cold War lows.
- Putin told reporters that Moscow has yet to receive responses from Ukraine concerning a prisoner swap proposal made by United States President Donald Trump.
- Although European Union leaders prepare for potential talks, Putin maintained he will only meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy once a lasting peace deal is formally agreed upon.
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Putin Claims War ‘Coming to an End’ and Offers to Meet Zelensky in Moscow
During a defiant Victory Day press conference, Vladimir Putin claimed the war in Ukraine is approaching its conclusion and expressed openness to meeting President Zelensky, but only under strict conditions.
Saturday Putin declared that the war in Ukraine 'is near the end', although the first day of the truce mediated by the US was marked by mutual accusations of violations
Vladimir Putin Signals Russia’s War in Ukraine Is ‘Heading to an End’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that the conflict in Ukraine is approaching its conclusion. His remarks followed a scaled-back Victory Day parade in Moscow and coincided with the first day of a US-brokered ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. Despite the ceasefire, both sides reported minor violations, but no major strikes were recorded. Putin reiterated his willingness to negotiate, specifying conditions for any direct meeting with…
Kremlin chief Putin talked to old Chancellor Schröder as negotiator in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Russia's President Putin and old chancellor Schröder are considered friends. Now the Kremlin chief has named him the preferred European mediator. Putin sees the Ukraine war as "ending to the end", as he himself says.
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