Putin Says ‘Necessary Conditions’ May Arise for Peace Talks
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the “necessary conditions” for peace talks with Ukraine could arise and acknowledged Kyiv was not ready for negotiations at this time.
“We reached an agreement with them in Istanbul, but they’ve thrown all of that into the bin,” Putin said at a press conference in Sochi, according to Newsweek, referring to peace talks that were held in Istanbul at the end of March. “And now they’re refusing to discuss anything with us.”
In response to Russia’s annexation of the territory it controls in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree ruling out peace talks with Russia as long as Putin is president. The US has ruled out the idea of pushing Ukraine to the negotiating table and says it’s up to Zelensky when talks will begin.
