In an interview aired Monday, Putin welcomed Europeans to consultations and added that other countries are entitled to participate.
“I don’t think anything wrong with this,” Putin said when asked what he thought of the European countries that advocate the role of consultations with Ukraine.
“Well, perhaps no one can demand anything here, not particularly from Russia,” he added.
Putin said Russia respects the views of friends at BRICS, a bloc made up of other emerging economies including Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and Iran.
The Russian president emphasized that it was the Europeans themselves who hoped Ukraine would win on the battlefield and refused to negotiate peace with Moscow.
“If they want to go back, they’re welcome,” he said.
And “In this case, of course, we are not denying participation in the European countries.”
“But there is demand for their participation in the speech process,” he added.
He criticized European countries’ reactions to a meeting between Russians in Riyadh and US officials last week as “emotional.”
Putin said the meeting, held in the absence of Ukrainian officials, was only part of the process of improving the level of trust between Moscow and Washington.
He emphasized that they touched on issues related to the Ukraine crisis, but essentially nothing was discussed.
Putin agreed with President Donald Trump on several points, but said European countries could also play a role in ending the battle.
When asked about Europe’s reaction to Trump’s comments on the Ukrainian president, Putin said that Volodimia Zelensky is a toxic figure among the military who gave outrageous orders, and among the military, both in society as a whole. He said it is becoming more and more.
The US president called Zelensky a dictator and said he was extremely unpopular and illegal.
“The unelected dictator, Zelensky, moves fast or he will not leave the country,” Trump writes on the social media network’s True Social, supporting Moscow, his approach to resolve conflicts It raised concerns among European allies that it might be.
Zelensky’s five-year term of office was scheduled to end in May 2024, but due to martial law enacted in February 2022 after the war, no elections will be held.
Despite his own differences within the party, Trump continues to seek peace deals that have destabilized both European leaders and US allies, strengthening concerns about his changing foreign policy approach. It’s there.
Russia occupying about 20% of Ukraine, continuing to steadily acquire eastern territory. Its “special military operations” emphasizes its response to the existential threat posed by Kiev’s pursuit of NATO membership, but Ukraine and the West label Russia’s actions. Imperialist land glove.
Zelensky granted US companies the right to extract valuable minerals from Ukraine in exchange for US security guarantees, giving Washington 50% of the important Ukraine minerals, including lithium, to Washington. I suggested rejecting the proposal.
He emphasized that the deal was too focused on our profits and that he could not “sell” his country.
Trump has argued on his part that Ukraine has “more or less” agreed to the proposal, criticising the treatment of US Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent in Kiev and expressing his intention to revive the mineral trade.
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