Vladimir Putin would be ready to freeze the war with Ukraine if it were maintained, as a starting point for peace negotiationsthe current front line, have anticipated several sources relaunched by the international media.
Kiev, however, does not believe in the Russian president’s intentions. Sources in Moscow are venting Putin’s willingness to end the war “just because”. the Russian President “is desperately trying to sabotage the peace summit in Switzerland on June 15-16”said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, denouncing that the Russian president “has no desire to end his aggression against Ukraine”.
“He fears the success of the initiative. His entourage sends these false signals of alleged readiness for a ceasefire despite the fact that Russian forces are continuing to brutally attack Ukraine while their missiles and drones rain down on Ukrainian cities and settlements,” Kuleba added, in a tweet about X.
“Only the united and principled voice of the international community can force him to choose peace over war. This is the goal of the peace summit. This is why he fears it so much. And this is why it matters the presence of as many leaders as possible from all continents. The whole world will express itself in support of the full restoration of the UN Charter and international law, Russia will be forced to choose peace”.
Putin: “Zelensky no longer has legitimacy”
Meanwhile, from Minsk, Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated in a press conference at the end of the Russian-Belarusian negotiations that Russia has never refused to participate in peace negotiationsbut now – he pointed out – there is a further question relating to the “legitimacy” of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky which has “failed”.
“Of course we are aware that the legitimacy of the current head of state has waned,” Putin said, referring to the fact that Zelensky’s presidential mandate expired on May 20. Martial law is in force in Ukraine and presidential elections scheduled for this year have been postponed.
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