INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Vladimir Putin will not accept freeze the war in Ukraine along the current cutting edge, the Kremlin stated Wednesday, countering
reports that he might think about such an arrangement in discussions with United States President-elect Donald Trump.The [Russian]
president has actually repeatedly stated that any alternative of freezing the dispute wont work for us, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told
reporters during a daily rundown
Its essential for us to accomplish our goals.Peskovs remarks followed a Reuters report mentioning anonymous sources suggesting Putin might
be open to freezing hostilities and negotiating the division of Ukrainian territories presently under Russian occupation.However, reports
suggest outgoing United States President Joe Bidens choice to enable Ukraine to use long-range weapons versus Russian targets might make
complex any settlement, possibly motivating Moscow to continue fighting.Putin has actually repeatedly required that Ukraine abandon its NATO
subscription aspirations and withdraw its forces from 4 regions partly occupied by Russia Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia as
prerequisites for peace talks
Ukraine, in turn, demands a total withdrawal of Russian forces from those areas, along with Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014
More recently, the Kremlin leaderhas revealed willingness to engage with Trump, who said he might end the war within 24 hours of taking
workplace, though the president-elect has not revealed specifics of his plan.Russian officials and company elites previously told The Moscow
Times that they see Trumps return to the White House as an opportunity to deteriorate European willpower and partly bring back relations
with Washington.Putin apparently declared Russias working out position, including its security concerns and front-line status, in a current
telephone call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that was slammed by the Ukrainian authorities.Moscow and Kyiv have not taken part in
direct peace talks since the early weeks of the invasion, which is carefully approaching its third-year mark.
