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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Pjotr Sauer

Putin insists Ukraine has to surrender territory for any deal to be possible

Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin dismissed accusations that US special envoy Steve Witkoff had shown bias towards Moscow during peace discussions as ‘nonsense’. Photograph: Alexander Kazakov/AP

Vladimir Putin has said that the outline of a draft peace plan discussed by the US and Ukraine could serve as a basis for future negotiations to end the war – but insisted Ukraine would have to surrender territory for any deal to be possible.

“In general, we agree that this can be the basis for future agreements,” Putin said, noting that the version of the plan discussed by Washington and Kyiv in Geneva had been shared with Moscow.

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