Putin to Stop the War in Ukraine Under These Conditions

Russia will cease fire and begin negotiations if Ukraine withdraws from the four occupied Ukrainian regions claimed by Russia and abandons its aspirations for NATO membership, stated President Vladimir Putin in a speech at the Foreign Ministry in Moscow. This proposal, he emphasized, is not for a temporary truce but for a complete end to the conflict in Ukraine.

Putin clarified that this demand is not about the current front-line situation but involves Ukraine relinquishing Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, which have been incorporated into the Russian constitution despite not being fully under Russian control. Currently, these regions are not entirely occupied by Russia.

If Ukraine and the West reject this latest peace proposal, Putin warned that the battlefield conditions would worsen for Kyiv, and future proposals would come with different terms. "As soon as Kyiv declares readiness for such a decision, begins a real withdrawal of troops from these regions, and officially notifies us of its refusal to join NATO, Russia will immediately order a ceasefire and start negotiations," he said.

Speaking to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Putin denies that Russia is planning to attack Europe. Putin says those who claims otherwise are pursuing the arms race.
With the same wording Putin had denied multiple times the Russia to invade Ukraine before invasion pic.twitter.com/HirtO4OktW

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Russia would guarantee the safe withdrawal of Ukrainian forces. Putin also reiterated familiar Kremlin positions: a neutral Ukraine without nuclear weapons and outside collective defense organizations, along with the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.