Putin announced a proposal for a mutual cessation of long-range strikes on the territories of Ukraine and Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had received a proposal to mutually cease long-range strikes on the territories of Ukraine and Russia. He said this in an interview with a journalist for the Russian publication Vesti.
“It is clear why this proposal is being made, because our retaliatory strikes deep into the territory of Ukraine are much more powerful, more sensitive and, let’s put it bluntly, destructive, leading to truly serious consequences,” Putin stressed.
According to him, other proposals also included a personal meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a temporary cessation of hostilities, as well as limiting hostilities to the territories of the Kherson, Zaporizhia, Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
At the same time, Putin said that “saving the Kyiv regime is not part of the plans.”
He also called Ukraine’s long-range strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation part of an “information operation,” which, according to him, has no impact on the situation on the front.
“At least with the aim of creating in us a lack of confidence in ourselves, in our abilities, and even better – to lead to a split in Russian society and force Russia to suspend its offensive on the front line at least for a short time, to create conditions for the start of the negotiation process on terms that are beneficial to ourselves, that is, to our enemy,” Putin emphasized.
