Ukrainian servicemen of the 148th Separate Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces, fire a BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket system toward Russian troops, on a front line, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region on Wednesday.
President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia would cease fire and enter peace talks if Ukraine dropped its NATO ambitions and withdrew its forces from four Ukrainian regions claimed by Moscow. A Ukrainian official quickly rejected the proposal as not serious.
"As soon as they declare in Kyiv that they are ready for such a decision and begin a real withdrawal of troops from these regions, and also officially announce the abandonment of their plans to join NATO — on our side, immediately, literally at the same minute, an order will follow to cease fire and begin negotiations," he said.Russian president says Ukraine has to abandon interest in joining NATO, and withdraw troops from several regions.
Ukraine's foreign ministry described Putin's words as "manipulative statements aimed at misleading the international community." Russia, which sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, has described the idea of a summit to which it is not invited as "futile." China, a key consumer of Russian oil and supplier of goods, is also not attending.Leaders of the G7 are finalizing a new deal to use frozen Russian assets to secure a $50-billion US bank loan to help Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after Russian gains on the battlefield.
Canada contributing $5 billion to new G7 deal being finalized to help Ukraine using frozen Russian assets The future of the agreement remains unclear given the realistic possibility Donald Trump returns to the White House. Trump has expressed skepticism of Ukraine's continued fight, saying implausibly at one point that he would end the conflict in his first day in office.
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