When, where, and how support will be provided will be decided in due course.
“We are ready for a reasonable compromise with Ukraine, but Ukraine does not want it.”
RIA Novosti news agency reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the 25th that Russia is ready to make reasonable compromises to resolve the Ukraine issue, but no substantive negotiations are taking place.
President Putin appeared on the Rossiya 1 TV channel’s ’60 Minutes’ program that day and said in a conversation with Olga Skavieva, “We are ready to find a compromise, but there are no substantive negotiations, and now the other side (Ukraine) is not willing to do it.” “I cannot comment on the details because I refuse to do so,” he said.
“Without a doubt, we will not make any concessions and there will be no exchanges,” Putin said, noting that any outcome must be favorable to Russia and based on the realities of what is unfolding on the battlefield.
At a press conference after the BRICS summit a day ago, Putin said, “Ukraine does not want peace negotiations. “This is irrational,” he said. “The ball is now in Ukraine’s court,” and the prospects for peace negotiations now depend on Ukraine.
Meanwhile, regarding the issue of mutual military support between Russia and North Korea, President Putin said, “This is our job and we will decide sovereignly,” adding, “What will or will not be supported, and when, where, and how the support will be provided.” “The rest will be decided when the time comes,” he said.
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