The Russian Federation wants Ukraine to withdraw troops from four regions for the end of the war - the Kremlin
A peaceful or military route," the Kremlin spokesman said. In particular, Peskov said that the meeting of the US and Russian presidents is actively preparing. "The meeting of Trump and Putin should be productive, now preparatory work is underway. Putin respects Trump, and they agree that the abandonment of dialogue is an absurdity," the pressecretic said. Peskov noted that the President of the United States did not appoint a "extreme date of the truce".
Earlier, Putin spoke of a willingness to freeze the fighting on the line of collision and to abandon the full control of the four frontline Ukrainian regions - Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia, which was reported in Financial Times, citing sources. It is noted that such a statement was made at a meeting with US President Special Supporter Steve Witcoff. However, Peskov called Financial Times Fake.
"Many fakes are now published, including them and dear editions, so you only need to listen to the primary source," he said. Meanwhile, on April 22, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine was ready for negotiations in any format. "We are ready for this stage. We are also ready to fix that after the ceasefire is ready to sit in any format, that there is no deaf angle, that Ukraine can, there can not . . .
in any format, because we will already believe that we have the result of at least some that is really ready for real steps. " Western media reported on April 23 that the talks in London were torn off because Ukraine refused to give Russia its territories, which was why US representatives did not arrive at them.
Recall that at the meeting of Ukraine, the United Kingdom, France and the United States on Wednesday, on April 23, the United States of America will be offered to officially recognize Crimea part of Russia and freeze the front lines, as reported by The Washington Post.