Vladimir Putin has demanded that Kyiv cede more land, withdraw troops deeper inside its own country, and drop its Nato bid in order for him to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Putin’s fresh ceasefire demands were issued as envoys from more than 90 countries, including Ukraine, convene in Switzerland this weekend to discuss a western-led peace plan. Russia is not invited to the conference and the president’s remarks on Friday were likely to have been timed as a spoiler to that summit.

Speaking with diplomats at the Russian foreign ministry, Putin publicly updated his terms for ending the war in Ukraine for the first time since he launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022, when he demanded regime change in Kyiv and the country’s “demilitarisation”.

The US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, said Putin was in “no position” to make demands on Ukraine and could end the war he had started “today if he chose to do that.”

  • @AnotherWorld
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    436 months ago

    Or better yet, just let him withdraw his troops from Ukraine and live as he pleases

    • @Lost_My_Mind
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      296 months ago

      With images like this, of coarse!!!

      • @AnotherWorld
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        76 months ago

        He will be the finest male within Russia 😏

        • @[email protected]
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          6 months ago

          Well, if he continues on the current path long enough he might be the only male within Russia…