Russia would like to end the Ukrainian conflict as soon as possible, specifically through peaceful negotiations, President Vladimir Putin stated at the plenary session of the 23rd meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club.
– “Of course, we would like to end all this [the Ukrainian conflict] as quickly as possible – and do so through peace negotiations,” Putin emphasized. “We simply need to stop the accusations that Russia does not want these negotiations. Instead, based on the realities on the ground, both Ukraine and its Western backers – primarily, of course, those in Europe today – need to make responsible decisions.”
Putin says Russia agreed to US proposals on Ukraine at Anchorage summit
– At the Anchorage summit in mid-August 2025, Russia made it known that it accepted proposals put forward by the United States on a Ukraine settlement, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
– “If speaking about the Anchorage [summit] – we had a package of definite proposals; I said at that time that we needed to think about it, and then I arrived in Anchorage and said that we agree to the US proposals. We didn’t discuss our [Russian] proposals in Anchorage; we discussed the US proposals. I arrived there to voice our consent,” Putin said at the 23nd annual session of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
– The Russian president added in this regard that now the US has asked for time to think this over: “This is a serious issue; we are not insisting on anything,” Putin added.
– President Putin is taking part in a plenary session of the 23rd annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, titled “Responsibility for the Future: Limits of the Possible, or Limitless Possibilities?“.
– The club’s flagship conference brings together 120 participants from 40 countries, including Algeria, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Pakistan, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
– Putin has been taking part in the club’s meetings since its establishment in 2004. The first conference was held in Veliky Novgorod, near Lake Valdai, which gave its name to the event. Since 2014, the club’s meetings had been held in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, but this year the Valdai session has been relocated to the Moscow Region as it is more convenient for most of its participants to get to Moscow.
Indian prime minister has good ideas for Ukraine settlement — Putin
– Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi raises the issue of ending the conflict in Ukraine at every meeting and has very good ideas for finding mutually acceptable solutions, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
– “As for Prime Minister Modi’s position on ending wars, I can say that he is one of those world leaders who, despite our very good, even friendly relations, including at the personal level, constantly raises the issue and asks questions about ending the conflict in Ukraine. He brings up these matters at every meeting we have and takes a keen interest in them. He has very good ideas aimed at finding mutually acceptable solutions,” Putin said at a plenary session of the 23rd annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
Putin says he supports idea of meeting with US, Chinese leaders, but agenda is needed
– Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that he is fully in favor of a trilateral meeting with US leader Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, but an agenda is required.
– “As for a possible trilateral meeting, I know this is being discussed in the media. We are all for it. But there is a question – or rather, an issue: an agenda is needed,” he noted at the plenary session of the 23rd meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club.
– Putin emphasized the need to understand first what the parties would discuss at the meeting.
– “But overall, any dialogue is beneficial,” he noted.
Putin says Ukraine lost elements of statehood
– Ukraine is losing some statehood and is unable to live separately, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the plenary session of the 23rd annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
– “Ukraine, I know, and everyone knows this well, cannot exist independently. It is losing elements of statehood altogether. In my view, this is obvious. It is being controlled from outside,” he said.
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