MOSCOW, Russia \u2013 December 28 (ONLINE) No “peace plan” on Ukraine is possible if it does not account for four new regions joining Russia, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
“To begin with, so far, there is no Ukrainian \u2018peace plan\u2019 of any kind,” the Kremlin official said replying to a request to comment on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky\u2019s initiative to come up with a “peace plan” by February when he would like to hold a “peace summit” at the UN.<\/p>\n
“And again, no Ukrainian \u2018peace plan\u2019 is possible if it does not take into account the modern reality – with Russia\u2019s territory, with four new regions joining Russia,” Putin\u2019s press secretary stressed. “Any plan that does not take into account these circumstances cannot claim to be a peace plan,” he added.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the Ukrainian leader told a joint meeting of Congress following his talks with US President Joe Biden that the two had discussed Kiev\u2019s proposals to settle the Ukrainian conflict. According to Zelensky, Biden supported Ukraine\u2019s initiative to hold a global peace summit to discuss these proposals. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that Kiev intended to hold a “peace summit” at the UN by the end of February and suggested that the organization\u2019s Secretary General Antonio Guterres serve as a mediator with Guterres expressing readiness to do so.<\/p>\n
From September 23 to September 27, the Donetsk People\u2019s Republic (DPR) and the Lugansk People\u2019s Republic (LPR) as well as the Kherson Region and the Zaporozhye Region held a referendum where the majority of voters opted to join Russia. On September 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heads of the DPR and the LPR, the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions signed treaties on their accession to Russia. On October 4, Putin signed laws ratifying the treaties on the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions joining Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MOSCOW, Russia \u2013 December 28 (ONLINE) No “peace plan” on Ukraine is possible if it does not account for four new regions joining Russia, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Wednesday. “To begin with, so far, there is no Ukrainian \u2018peace plan\u2019 of any […]<\/p>\n
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