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Russia does not want a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine and strives for a long -term peace settlement that will take into account his interests and concerns, said Vladimir Putin.
Yuri Ushakov, an advisor to the foreign policy of the Russian President, told State Television on Thursday that 30 -day ceasefire After talks between the US and Ukraine this week, “nothing but temporary rest for Ukrainian troops”.
“No one needs steps that imitate peace actions in this situation,” Ushakov said, adding that Moscow “hopes [the US] He knows our position and wants to believe that they will take into account when we work together ”.
RussiaLater on Thursday in Moscow, where Steve Witkoff landed, the rejection of the US proposal landed in accordance with Putin's hard attitude before the interviews at a high level.
These requirements would actually end up UkraineExistence as a functional state and place it directly in the Russian orbit and at the same time seriously limits the presence of NATO east of Germany.
Ushakov said that Witkoff, who spoke to Putin last month when the US began extraordinary attempts to converge with Russia, will not be the main ambassador of the White House in Moscow.
The Russian advisor said Washington and Moscow agreed that any future contacts would be “closed” and refused to appoint envoys.
He told us that Mike Waltz, an advisor to National Security, a day earlier that the aim of Russia is “a long -term peace agreement that takes into account. . . Our well -known concerns ”.
Putin demanded that Ukraine recognize the Russian annexation of four partially occupied southeast regions and the Crimean Peninsula, withdrawing its units from these areas and committed that they would never connect to NATO as a prerequisite for ceasefire.
Russia also promotes caps on the Ukrainian army, the protection of Russian spokespersons in the country and fresh elections, which will replace President Volodymyr Zlenskyy.
From the Cold War, which Putin claimed to have forced him to order his invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he demanded an effective return of NATO Eastern expansion.
While Trump's administration excluded Ukraine that joined NATO and also said that she wanted Kiev to organize new elections, Russia threatened future sanctions if Putin does not make concessions.
However, negotiations come when Russia is making progress in repeated parts of the Kurns region that Ukraine caught in a surprising attack last summer and hoped to be used as a bargaining chip.
On Thursday, Valery Gerasimov, head of the Russian General Staff, told Putin – who had military fatigue for the first time since the beginning of the war – that their forces had captured 400 soldiers and regenerated 86 percent of the territory that Kiev accepted.
The US resumed military assistance and sharing intelligence information in Ukraine early this week after higher officials conducted interviews in Saudi Arabia about a proposal for a truce of Trump.
Trump then said that Moscow must agree to a pause and warn that he could “do things that would be very bad for Russia”.
“Hopefully we can get a ceasefire from Russia,” Trump said after meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin on Wednesday. “I got some positive news, but positive news means nothing.” This is a very serious situation. ”
Another report of Felicia Schwartz in Washington