Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky again declared the need to return the occupied territories to the 1991 borders, in response to the conditions named Vladimir Putin during a meeting with the Russian Foreign Ministry. Putin requires the complete withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions, indicating the need to observe the administrative borders that existed at the time of their entry into Ukraine.
According to the Russian leader, as soon as the Ukrainian authorities "begin the real withdrawal of troops from these regions", will officially announce the refusal to join NATO, Russia will announce "the order to stop fire and start negotiations."
In response to these conditions, the adviser to the Presidential Office of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak believes that Putin only repeats the standard requirements of the aggressor that is not new peaceful proposals.
It also requires the abolition of Western sanctions against the Russian Federation, calling its terms a "real peaceful proposal" regarding the final completion of the conflict, not its freezing.
Now Ukraine controls a number of major cities that Russia demands to give, including Zaporozhye, Kherson and a number of cities of Donbass, such as Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Konstantinovka and Pokrovsk.
Ukraine remains under its demand for the liberation of the territories occupied by Russia and the return to the borders of 1991, as defined in the "formula" of President Zelensky in 2022.
Mikhail Podolyak, Advisor to the Presidential Office of Ukraine, stated that Vladimir Putin's proposals have a "offensive" character "and testify to the" inability of the current Russian leadership to assess the realities. " According to Podolyak, Russia actually requires Ukraine to abandon the territories, sovereignty and subjectivity, the abandonment of membership in alliances and the abolition of sanctions. According to him, this will allow the Russian leadership to increase the costs of military production and information wars around the world, and to save Russia at the expense of Ukraine.
"These proposals do not have any novelty, real peaceful initiatives and the desire to end the war. There is only a desire not to pay for this war and continue it in new formats. Therefore - once again - do not believe in the illusion and do not perceive the serious" proposals of Russia, "Podolyak emphasized in his message.
