The Russian dictator will not sit down at the negotiating table with Ukraine any time soon.
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has openly rejected Russian participation in any ceasefire negotiations, demanding the “irreversible” demilitarization of Ukraine as a precondition for any peace agreement.
This is stated in the report of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
Analysts emphasize that such a dictator demands that Ukraine actually capitulate.
At the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Putin commented on the prospects for a negotiated ceasefire. And rather than express his typical interest in such negotiations, he outright rejected any process of negotiating a ceasefire.
Putin has repeatedly portrayed the West as his intended negotiating partner in a ceasefire agreement to encourage the West to make concessions on the “Ukrainian issue,” but the Kremlin chief has now rejected all sides as possible mediators, the report says for an agreement between Ukraine and Russia.
Putin, analysts note, has also rejected the Verkhovna Rada as a possible point of contact for negotiations, despite previously saying that body is the only legitimate Ukrainian entity with which Russia can negotiate. Putin now considers all Ukrainian government institutions illegitimate or unsuitable for negotiations and has rejected the idea of third parties participating in negotiations.
Putin marked his demand for the “demilitarization” of Ukraine as a key prerequisite for any ceasefire agreement, demanding that Kyiv agree to “demilitarization” measures that would be “irreversible.”
ISW continues to assess that Russia would use the “rest” precisely to rebuild and expand its forces and subsequently mobilize its defense industrial base for the upcoming aggression aimed at destroying the Ukrainian state.
Previously, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky spoke about the possibility of negotiations with Putin. According to him, today he sees only one model – a trilateral agreement with intermediaries, which was used for the work of the “grain” corridor.
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