US EditionPutin says Russia-Ukraine peace demands ‘absolutely contradictory’ as ceasefire talks stall
RUSSIA, JUN 27 – Russian defense spending accounts for 6.3% of GDP at $172 billion, with planned cuts amid stalled peace talks and ongoing prisoner exchanges between Russia and Ukraine.
- On June 27, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a Minsk press conference that Russia and Ukraine's peace proposals remain absolutely contradictory.
- This statement followed several rounds of talks in Istanbul during 2022 and 2025, which failed to advance a ceasefire despite exchanging memorandums and agreeing on prisoner swaps.
- Russia demanded Ukraine fully withdraw from occupied territories, limit troops and weapons, and accept a permanent ban on NATO membership, with Kyiv rejecting these as unacceptable conditions.
- Putin acknowledged defense spending now takes 6.3% of Russia's GDP, equating to 13.5 trillion rubles , and described NATO's pledge to raise defense budgets to 5% as aggressive and budgetarily difficult.
- Despite economic strains and ongoing military actions including escalated air strikes and territorial advances, Putin said negotiations and contacts would continue after prisoner exchanges.
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Colorado Springs GazetteReposted by 
Denver Gazette
Denver GazetteRussia-Ukraine talks end with deal on POWs, no progress on peace
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Officials from Russia and Ukraine ended a third round of formal negotiations in Istanbul with an agreement to swap more prisoners but little sign of progress on a deal to halt the war.
·Colorado Springs, United States
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op-online.deThe situation in the Ukraine war remains tense. Attempts to reach an end to the battles by negotiation have so far failed. The news ticker.
Days after declaring ‘whole of Ukraine is ours’, Putin says peace talks with Kyiv are ‘nowhere close’ to success
Russia currently occupies about a fifth of Ukraine, including Crimea, nearly all of Luhansk, and large portions of Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia, along with parts of Sumy and Kharkiv.
·India
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The head of the White House answers: "He has made a good speech" . But the Kremlin puts his hands forward: "With Kiev opposite positions"
·Turin, Italy
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