Putin Expected to Stretch Ukraine Ceasefire Talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin will probably agree to eventual truce terms with Ukraine but wants his own conditions met beforehand, likely dragging out the negotiations. The Russian leader wants to make sure his stipulations are taken into account before agreeing to a ceasefire, according to a person familiar with the Kremlin's thinking. To achieve that, he'll try to stretch out the timeline for agreeing to any halt to fighting in Ukraine, other people with knowledge of the situation said. In a show of determination, Putin visited his troops in Russia's Kursk region Wednesday. Wearing military camouflage, Putin met with high-ranking military officers and called for "completely defeating the enemy that entrenched in the Kursk region as soon as possible," according to state-run Rossiya 24 TV.

Tony Halpin leads Bloomberg's Economics and Government coverage of Russia and joined Caroline Hepker and Tom Mackenzie to discuss the story.
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[KETUPONG-pe]

Only Trump is confident that Putin would listen to Trump.

[CMRiolaipusha]

its not necessary to put NATO military in Ukraine for peace keeping its better for neutral country like UAE to stand up for peace keeping in ukraine

[Habib_Osman]

NATO countries can send troops as a national peacekeeping mission so article 5 will not be triggered if they're attacked. This way a strong security guarantee can be given to Ukraine without extra risks of escalation.

[househomeplus]

Nonsense.... Russia offered peace agreement twi years ago but uk talked them out of it

[chrisd]

The more ventures in Ukraine, the greater the need for security guarantees and Nato membership, as Russia will want to recover "their frozen assests"! 😮

[americanminotaur]

For every week the ceasefire is delayed, we should be increasing aid to Ukraine.

[sreenarayanagurudarshanam]

The out come may not be as projected here as it was formulated for somebodies interest thte immediate ceasefire is also with ulterior motives After kursk the issue of russin speaking people in ukrane is a serious for russians A rouge state like the one now may not be allowed to prvail So the issue is more complex and serious lasting peace is the only solution If atleast a broader understanding could be achieved that may be helpful
For this many hearts require changes

[vanessali]

Individual European countries would have to put peace-keeping boots on Ukraine ground, which is not from NATO.
Somebody have to do the peace-keeping job welther American is in or not...