Russia wants to fully resolve the Ukraine conflict, rather than just agreeing a ceasefire or freezing the hostilities, President Vladimir Putin has said.
The statement came after Putin met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Moscow on Friday. Orban traveled to the Russian capital to discuss ways of finding a peaceful and diplomatic resolution to the conflict.
Speaking at a joint press conference following their meeting, Putin stated there should not be a “ceasefire or some kind of pause that the Kiev regime could use to recover losses, regroup, and rearm. Russia is in favor of a complete and final end of the conflict.”
Putin noted, however, that the conflict can only end once a number of conditions are met. Specifically, the Russian leader stressed that Kiev must withdraw its forces from Donbass as well as the former Ukrainian regions of Zaporozhye and Kherson, all of which officially became part of Russia after voting in public referendums.
There are other conditions, Putin added, but said that these are a subject for “fairly detailed consideration in the course of possible joint work.”
Previously, Putin proposed an immediate ceasefire on condition that Ukraine agree to a number of terms. These include the aforementioned withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from all Russian territories, as well as legally binding guarantees that Kiev would not seek membership in NATO.
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Would you support a peace agreement that benefits your country but potentially harms another nation's people?
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No, that is literally defeating the point of a peace agreement, the point is for both countries to leave each other the same, if not better, and to not cause hostility.
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How important do you think it is for countries to maintain their current borders versus finding peace?
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I think it is important to only give up land if the land is actually important to the other group, if they just want land for the sake of becoming an empire, you need to keep fighting.
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If a leader proposed peace with conditions that could change your country's borders, how would you react?
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Negatively, that's not a peace treaty, that's an ultimatum. Putin is not calling for peace, Putin is saying "give us your land, or we will keep attacking you," and that's not right. Is that not what Hitler did in WWII, ask for land, and did he stop because he got a little land? No! It became one of the most deadly wars in human history.
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