US EditionVladimir Putin offers to halt Ukraine invasion along current front line, FT reports
- US envoy General Keith Kellogg presents a US seven-point peace plan today in London.
- This proposal aims to broker peace and conclude hostilities.
- The seven-point proposal suggests an immediate truce and direct negotiations, prohibiting Ukraine from NATO membership.
- Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky stated his government "would not recognise any occupied territories as Russian."
- The plan implies Ukraine might cede land and receive no explicit US security pledge.
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Anna-Lena Laurén: Putin seems to be preparing to freeze the war – on his terms
BERLIN. Never draw conclusions from what Vladimir Putin says. Draw conclusions from what he does. It doesn't mean anything that Putin talks about peace. But when I see that one of my old Russian friends is suddenly back in Moscow, I get a shiver. So he's no longer afraid of being sent to the front.
ISW: Freezing the front no guarantee of peace
The Kremlin has proposed to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the current front line. However, this would not prevent any future aggression, military experts of the US Institute for War Studies (ISW) said now. This is especially the case if such an agreement provides for a temporary suspension for the preservation of Western military aid to Ukraine. The current front lines do not offer the strategic depth that Ukraine needs to defend itsel…
Report: Putin offered to halt Ukraine invasion along current front line
The Financial Times newspaper on Tuesday reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to halt his invasion of Ukraine at the current front line when he met a US special envoy earlier this month.
'This is a signal from Vladimir Putin'
It is the first major ‘handshake’ from Russian President Vladimir Putin for peace: he is prepared to draw a border at the currently occupied areas. That means that Ukraine will have to give up a lot of land and Crimea. For Zelensky, this is non-negotiable. According to Bob Deen, Eastern Europe expert at the Clingendael Institute, this is certainly a signal.
Press Review - 'Trump to let Putin keep seized land': Papers react to Ukraine peace plan
PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, 23 April. A ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia appears to be making progress, albeit extremely slowly. [Editor's note: as this press review aired, it was announced that London peace talks on Ukraine involving top diplomats had been postponed, but that a meeting of lower level officials would still take place.] In France, the Bétherram sex abuse scandal continues to get coverage as Prime Minister François Bayrou's daug…
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