Talk Of Ceasefire But Under One Condition
Damion Davis
Talk from Russia about halting the war
There are reports coming from Russia that Putin is prepared to have a ceasefire with Ukraine, under one condition — locking in Russia’s current battlefield gains.
With a ceasefire offering temporary peace, this would result in abandoning around 11 million people who are possibly living under Russian occupation.
This would include about 18% of Ukrainian territory.
4 Russian sources, cited by Reuters, are familiar with Putin’s entourage have claimed that Putin expresses frustration about Western-backed attempts to hinder negotiations.
‘Putin can fight for as long as it takes, but Putin is also ready for a ceasefire freeze the war,’ said one of them, a senior Russian source who has worked with him and has knowledge of top level conversations.
Russian missiles slammed into Ukraine’s second-largest city (Picture: AP)
Like the others cited in this story, he spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of it.
Russia issues chilling warning to UK over use of weapons in Ukraine©Provided by Metro
Vladimir Putin is planning to strike British targets ‘anywhere’ if UK weapons are deployed on Russia’s territory. This is the latest ultimatum from the Kremlin, prompting further fears that NATO would bet involved with soldiers on the ground, resulting in a global conflict. Russia’s elite has been dangling the same threat ever since UK foreign secretary David Cameron said Ukraine had a right to use British missiles to attack its own territory (Picture: Reuters)
There is hesitations about freezing the war on the frontlines, stating this is a non-negotiable because it would leave Russian troops in control of large chucks of Ukrainian regions.
‘Putin will say that we won, that Nato attacked us and we kept our sovereignty, that we have a land corridor to Crimea, which is true,’ one of the sources added, giving their own analysis.
Russian goals fall short as Putin had bigger goals set at the start of the war, right now the regions Russia holds are: Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
Firefighters are seen working to put out a fire on a residential area of Kharkiv (Picture: Getty)
Dmitry Peskov, the president’s press secretary has said there is no question that Russia will hand back the four regions. Russian constitution says those 4 regions are now permanently part of Russia.
Russian invasion has been a long dreaded scenario for Ukraine & NATO.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated on many occasion's that Putin’s terms is a non-starter.
He has vowed to retake territory which has been lost to Russia, this includes Crimea which was annexed in 2014 by Russia.
Destroyed resort compound is seen from above after a Russian rocket attack (Picture: AP)© Provided by Metro
There is a decree that was signed in 2022 that states, any talks with Russian warlord is impossible.
Ivan Stupak, a former officer of Security Service of Ukraine and now adviser to the parliament’s national security, defense and intelligence committee, stated that Zelensky will have to negotiate with Putin.
‘It is not impossible for us to defeat the enemy. Maybe Putin will die soon or the people will revolt, like it happened in the republic of Bashkortostan,’ he told Metro.co.uk.
“But our soldiers are tired. Our manpower is not big enough to rotate them often enough.”
Lo, there do I see my father. Lo, there do I see my mother, and my sisters, and my brothers. Lo, there do I see the line of my people, Back to the beginning Lo, they do call to me. They bid me take my place among them, In the halls of Valhalla, Where the brave may live forever!
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Prayers go out to those fighting on the front lines, to the families that await fathers, sons, uncles, nephews, and brothers to return home.
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