"Blow for Statehood": The ISW assessed the possibility of peace talks of Ukraine and the Russian Federation
On January 16, at a meeting with Russian municipal heads, Putin stated that "Ukrainian statehood is waiting for an irreparable blow," if the current condition on the front is remained. About it writes "Institute of War Study" in the summary of January 16. Putin confirmed the Kremlin's version that Ukraine, not the Russian Federation, is responsible for the lack of negotiations. "The formula of Peace" Zelensky is prohibitive requirements for negotiations, "he said.
Putin also stated that any negotiation process is an attempt to encourage Russia to abandon conquests over the past one and a half years, and that it is impossible. " As for the negotiation process - It is an attempt to encourage us to give up the conquests that we have implemented in the last 1. 5 years, "he said. The Kremlin, apparently, lacks a consistent basis to explain the current offensive operations of the Russian public.
Although sometimes within the election campaign Putin seems to use his role as the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
He stated that now, after an unsuccessful counter -offensive of the Armed Forces, the initiative on the battlefield is completely on the side of the Russian The troops also actively operate the previous characteristics of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu, who named Russian offensive operations in Ukraine "active defense. Recall that on the eve, December 16, Putin stated that Russia would "protect" its interests.