Russia urges West to negotiate as Ukraine conflict intensifies
Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Shoigu stated on Thursday that the battlefield situation in Ukraine is not favourable for Kyiv, and the West "should acknowledge this and negotiate an end to the war based on current realities."
Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Shoigu declared on Thursday that the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine is not favourable for Kyiv, and the West should acknowledge this and negotiate an end to the war based on current realities.
"A tool for Russia's strategic defeat"
"Now, when the situation in the theatre of military operations is not in the favour of the Kyiv regime, the West is faced with a choice - to continue financing it and destroying the Ukrainian population or to recognise the current realities and start negotiating," Shoigu, the former Russian Defence Minister, stated at a meeting of security council secretaries of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Moscow.
He added that the West, with the help of "colour revolutions," began transforming Ukraine into a "tool for Russia's strategic defeat," but this plan failed.
Ukrainian project DeepState, citing monitoring data, reported on Wednesday that Russian forces occupied around 490 square kilometres of Ukrainian territory in October. This is the most in the entire 2024, as well as since the start of the Russian counteroffensive in October of last year.
Fourth time in two weeks. Putin: Russia is ready
As we reported on Tuesday, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin announced his readiness to negotiate with Ukraine for the fourth time in two weeks. "Russia is open to peace talks with Ukraine," Putin declared during the ceremony of presenting credentials to foreign ambassadors at the Kremlin. He also recalled the talks that were already conducted in March 2022.
