Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposed peace terms in Ukraine have been dismissed as a “complete farce” by an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Putin stated that Russia would be open to peace talks if Ukrainian forces withdrew from the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk regions and if Ukraine abandoned its aspirations to join NATO. However, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelenskyy, criticized Putin's remarks, saying they “showed nothing new … no real peace proposal and no desire to end the war.”
Podolyak further commented that Putin's intentions were not to bear the costs of the war but to continue it in new formats. He urged people to discard any illusions and to stop taking seriously the “proposals of Russia” which he considered offensive to common sense.
Meanwhile, President Zelensky has pledged to liberate all regions under Russian control. He claimed that the removal of all Russian forces from Ukraine was a prerequisite for any possible peace deal. This firm position by Zelenskyy highlights the current tension and the complexity of reaching a peaceful resolution between the two nations.
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