Without the complete surrender of Ukraine the Kremlin will not go to any peace talks - isw

According to analysts, the Russian Federation is betting on the maximalist demands of Russian President Vladimir Putin, which have not changed in many respects since February 2022. High-ranking Russian officials in their statements continue to indicate that the Kremlin is not interested in any peace talks with Ukraine, which do not provide for full surrender of Ukraine. About it writes "Institute of War Study" in the summary of August 6.

The Russian Foreign Ministry representative Maria Zakharova criticized France's proposal to make a mediator in peace talks between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. According to her, the interests of Russia are not taken into account. The secretary of the Security Council of Russia Sergey Shoiga repeated the Narratives of the Kremlin, who reject the plan for the peaceful settlement of the war in Ukraine and deny the legitimacy of President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.

Instead, a bet on vague and maximalist demands of Russian President Vladimir Putin, which remains unchanged since February 2022. Kremlin officials are wrongly portrayed by Zelensky as an illegitimate loser, and the Ukrainian peace plan as excluding Russia. So in the Russian Federation they try to justify their refusal to participate in the negotiations and undermine the international support of Ukraine and its peace plan, writes ISW analysts.