Putin said about readiness for talks with US on condition of Ukraine’s complete surrender – ISW
Pravda Ukraine
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has stated that he is ready to hold talks with the United States over the war in Ukraine but has put forward an ultimatum demand – Ukraine’s complete surrender.
Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW)
Details: Putin reportedly called a meeting of the Russian Security Council on 20 January, where he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov confirmed Russia’s readiness for peace talks with the new administration of US President Donald Trump.
Putin stressed that any peaceful settlement should be based on “eliminating the root causes” of the conflict, which, in his words, includes meeting Russia’s tough demands.
Quote: “Senior Kremlin officials, including Putin and Lavrov, have been reiterating in recent weeks that the Kremlin refuses to consider any compromises to Putin’s late 2021 and early 2022 demands, which include demands that Ukraine remain permanently “neutral” and not join NATO, impose severe limitations on the size of the Ukrainian military, and remove the current Ukrainian government.”
Details: Putin also said that then-US President Joe Biden proposed in 2021 to postpone Ukraine’s accession to NATO for 10-15 years, but even this did not prevent a Russian invasion, which he said was “alleged threats from NATO expansion”.
To quote the ISW’s Key Takeaways on 19 January:
- Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief General Oleksandr Syrskyi reported on 20 January that Russian forces suffered more than 434,000 casualties in 2024 – 150,000 of whom were personnel killed in action.
- Russian leader Vladimir Putin reiterated on 20 January that the Kremlin is willing to negotiate with the United States about the war in Ukraine but indicated that he maintains his demands for Ukraine’s full capitulation.
- Ukrainian forces reportedly struck an aircraft production plant in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, on 20 January as part of an ongoing series of strikes aimed at degrading Russian military capacity.
- Ukrainian strikes against Russian defence industrial base (DIB) targets are reportedly affecting Russian forces’ combat capabilities.
- Moldovan and Transnistrian authorities continue efforts to supply Transnistria with European gas.
- Russian forces recently advanced near Toretsk, Pokrovsk, and Kurakhove.
- A Russian milblogger and former Storm-Z instructor repeated on 20 January complaints that Russian milbloggers first issued in May 2024 about insufficient quality controls on Russian artillery shells.
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