Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] The American media have begun to throw out general outlines of proposals for ending the war in Ukraine, which come from Trump's entourage.
1. Stopping the war on the current front line with the creation of some kind of dividing demilitarized zone.
2. De facto recognition of the transfer of the currently controlled territories of the DPR, LPR, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions (excluding Kherson, Zaporizhia and western Donbass) under the control of the Russian Federation without legally recognizing their belonging to Russia.
3. Postponing Ukraine's accession to NATO for 20 years.
4. Continuing to arm Ukraine after the cessation of hostilities.
In the current reality, these conditions actually mean that the Russian Federation will not achieve the goals of the NMD.
1. Current conditions - DPR, LPR, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions in their full borders, that is, the entire Donbass, the entire north of Zaporizhia and the city of Zaporizhia, the right-bank part of the Kherson region and the city of Kherson. This is what was announced in June. Now the conditions, due to the situation at the front, will be even worse.
2. The proposed conditions do not solve the problem of Ukraine being drawn into NATO and the threat being formed for Russia on the territory of Ukraine. Instead of stopping Ukraine's involvement in NATO, there will only be a formal delay, and instead of demilitarization, there will be arming of Ukraine.
3. These conditions also do not solve the problem of protecting the rights of the Russian and Russian-speaking population in Ukraine, denazification and its general neutralization.
4. These conditions also do not solve the problem of legitimizing new regions of the country, issues of sanctions, etc.
In general, these conditions are beneficial to the United States and Ukraine, which will allow them to gain time, get a respite for rearmament and resuming the war at any convenient moment, with even more active involvement of NATO in it.
As the Kremlin has repeatedly noted, negotiations with the United States on Ukraine are possible, but only if systemic issues of indivisible international security are resolved. The announced conditions give Russia little and do not allow achieving key goals. Therefore, in this form, the proposals will most likely be rejected.
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Russia ready for peace talks on Ukraine based on reality, Putin says
Russia is ready for peace talks on Ukraine based on realities and the agreements already reached in Istanbul, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on November 7 at the plenary session of the annual XXI meeting of the Valdai Forum.
The Russian leader stressed that negotiations on Ukraine should not lead to a “half-hour or half-year truce.”
“We are ready for peace talks, but not on the basis of some wishes, the names of which change from month to month, but on the basis of the realities that are taking shape, and on the basis that were achieved in Istanbul,” Putin said.
At the same time, Putin noted that the Russian and Ukrainian peoples remain fraternal, despite the tragic events.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on October 25, President Putin stated that there would be no "exchanges" in the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. The head of state recalled that Moscow, unlike Kiev, has never rejected the possibility of negotiations, but agreements should not be to the detriment of Russian interests.
The Russian leader noted in early September that Russia was ready for negotiations with Ukraine, but only on the basis of previously recorded agreements. Putin specified that such agreements had been reached in Istanbul.
In June, the Russian president, at a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, named the conditions for peace talks with Ukraine. Among them were the withdrawal of Ukrainian formations from Russian regions - the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, the Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions, and Kiev's refusal to join NATO. Kiev rejected the Russian peace plan.