Putin says he thinks the Ukraine conflict is coming to an end
Putin said the conflict may be nearing an end and said he would meet Volodymyr Zelensky only after a lasting peace deal is reached.
- On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested the Ukraine war is "heading to an end" while naming former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder as his preferred European negotiator for peace talks.
- Putin spoke after a scaled-back Victory Day parade, which commemorates the Soviet Union's triumph over Nazi Germany and honors 27 million Soviet citizens who perished in World War II.
- The four-year conflict has killed hundreds of thousands and left swathes of Ukraine in ruins, while draining Russia's $3 trillion economy and straining relations with Europe to Cold War lows.
- Putin told reporters that Moscow has yet to receive responses from Ukraine concerning a prisoner swap proposal made by United States President Donald Trump.
- Although European Union leaders prepare for potential talks, Putin maintained he will only meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy once a lasting peace deal is formally agreed upon.
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says the war with Ukraine is close to ending. During the celebration of Victory Day, today Saturday, May 9, Vladimir Putin indicated that the war with Ukraine could end soon. Vladimir Putin assures that the war with Ukraine is close to endingVladimir Putin said to the media that the war with Ukraine “is coming to an end,” and criticized Western countries for supporting that nation. “They began to intensify the c…
'Coming To An End': Putin Expresses Cautious Optimism On Ukraine, Blames Western Elites For War
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday (local time) claimed that the conflict with Ukraine is "coming to an end" and blamed the "globalist wing of Western elites" for provoking the war in the first place.Speaking to the media following the Victory Day Parade here, t
Putin looks to an end to the war in Ukraine and promises a meeting with Selenskyj. For talks with the EU, he brings Gerhard Schröder into play as a possible mediator.
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