Russia has already reduced the number of conditions: what can force the Kremlin to negotiate

Russia has already reduced the number of conditions: what can force the Kremlin to negotiate Dzvenislava Moshovskaya

Increasingly, world leaders and Russia are raising the issue of ending the war in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky have different visions and consequences of peace negotiations.

Former SBU employee Ivan Stupak told 24 Channel that Russia is not giving up negotiations and seems to even be initiating them. He added that Putin had already spoken several times about negotiations over the past month, but he named the condition – that they should not begin after the cessation of hostilities.

Will Putin agree to negotiations

Stupak noted that negotiations between the aggressor country and Ukraine, one way or another, will take place. He believes that they will begin when Russia is invited.

The Russians have already reduced the number of their demands. At the beginning, one of the key conditions seemed impossible, in particular the return of NATO borders to 1997. This demand has already disappeared, said the ex-SBU employee.

Peace negotiations

< p>According to a former SBU employee, Putin is afraid that Ukraine, as part of negotiations during the cessation of hostilities, will be able to regroup and mobilize more of the population. As a result, continue the war with large forces.

Ivan Stupak also noted that in secret Russian diplomacy there is more than one concept of “red lines”. There are three colors of such lines that indicate the internal mood of the policy. There is talk of undesirable consequences, possible concessions and escape.

I think that during peace negotiations we will hear more than once about moving certain lines to depending on what the Russians are ready to do,” he noted.