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Vladimir Putin has once again declared that Europe should lose no sleep – according to him, Russia has no plans to attack in the future.
The Russian president called such claims ‘outright lies and nonsense’ as he acknowledged the US-brokered peace plan for Ukraine for the first time.
He confirmed that Russia is now ready for ‘serious’ talks, adding that a US delegation will visit Moscow next week.
‘There was a line of questions put forward for discussion,’ he said, adding that there are no ‘final versions’.
Taking the stage at the security council of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation in Kyrgyzstan, Putin took the opportunity to make a number of claims – about Russian forces fully encircling Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, in the Donetsk region; about
He also addressed one of Volodymyr Zelensky’s ‘red lines’ in ending the war – the surrender of currently occupied territories in Ukraine.
Stressing that he eventually wants to make a deal with Ukraine, he warned that his troops are advancing fast on the battlefield and added: ‘If Ukrainian soldiers leave the occupied territories, then we will cease hostilities.
‘If they do not leave – we will achieve it by military means.’
Taking one of the final questions at the security council, Putin stressed that signing documents with the current Ukrainian leadership is ‘pointless’.
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