US EditionPutin Doubles Down on Demands as U.S. and Ukrainian Talks Intensify
Putin demands either forced 'liberation' or Ukrainian withdrawal from disputed areas as US and Ukraine escalate talks amid ongoing Russian air strikes on key southern cities.
- On December 2, a White House delegation including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, where Putin reiterated unbending demands on Ukraine's sovereignty and troop presence.
- The U.S.-drafted peace plan, viewed as favorable to Russia, appeared almost two weeks earlier, and Kremlin officials said Western partners are ready to consider Moscow's proposals, giving Russia space to press demands.
- Damage reports show Russian air strikes early on December 4 hit Odesa and Kherson, knocking out utilities, with Kherson's heat station severely damaged, according to Oleksandr Prokudin.
- Russian officials judged the talks `constructive` but said no compromise was found, and President Donald Trump said, `What comes out of that meeting I can't tell you because it does take two to tango.`
- Ukrainian negotiators will meet European advisers in Brussels on December 4, then travel to Florida for more U.S. talks as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said activity to end the war is at its maximum, and Witkoff's sixth Moscow trip highlights the difficulty in reaching agreement.
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Putin and Trump discuss the Ukraine conflict. Despite differences, Trump sees progress. Ukraine demands respect for its interests.
After a long meeting in the Kremlin, Putin declared that the liberation of Donbass and Novorossiya was inevitable, whether by force or by Ukrainian withdrawal. The American delegation and the diplomatic path were also discussed.
“It all boils down to that. Or we free those territories by armed means. Or Ukrainian troops abandon those territories and stop fighting there,” Russian President Vladimir Putin sentenced on Thursday in an interview with the 'India Today' channel. For the Kremlin’s chief, the Donbas and what the propaganda calls “New Russia” is no longer questionable as part of Russia. This is one of the most important points to resolve for Moscow in the peace n…
Putin Doubles Down on Demands as U.S. and Ukrainian Talks Intensify
Ukrainian negotiators were set to meet with European officials in Brussels, and later US officials in Florida, days after a five-hour Kremlin meeting with a visiting White House delegation where President Vladimir Putin doubled down on his hard-line conditions to end the war on Ukraine. Ahead of the December 4 meetings, Putin repeated longstanding and unbending demands on Ukraine’s sovereignty and military force in an interview with India Today.…
The possibility is growing that the Ukraine war will continue into the new year and enter its fifth year from the end of February 2026. The meeting between President Putin and U.S. Special Envoy for Peace Negotiations Vitkoff in the Kremlin in early December 2025 was the climax of the Trump administration's peace mediation efforts...
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