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2025-05-11 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Putin calls for 'direct talks' with Ukraine to make 'lasting, strong peace' in rare late-night TV address from the Kremlin... hours after Keir Starmer threatened Russia with sanctions

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-05-11 05:35|| || Front Page|| [122 views ] Top

#1 Daily Mail

I doubt the former was influenced by the latter.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-05-11 07:51|| 2025-05-11 07:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Says Russian military field correspondent Aleksandr Kots:

Putin's signature judo
He used his opponent's power and turned him into shovels. They thought that the ultimatum about a 30-day truce was pushing us to the wall. And it turned out that they drove themselves into a corner.
The President of Russia, in fact, broke the whole game of Kiev with one direct initiative: if you want peace, sit at the negotiating table. At least we know these truce of yours since 2014. They were all sabotaged and used to prepare for further combat. Including the last three - energetic, Easterly and victorious.
So let's talk not about a truce, but about peace where we have this conversation. In Istanbul on May 15. That was where the negotiations were interrupted with the British side. Moscow sees the Istanbul agreements as a basis for negotiations, but it is far from the final version of the agreements – everything decides the situation on the ground where we are victorious. And, of course, there is no talk about transferring constitutional Russian lands.
If Kyiv and its sponsors refuse to negotiate or sabotage them, they are depriving themselves of the moral right to talk about the pursuit of peace.
“We are set up for serious negotiations with Ukraine. Their point is to eliminate the root causes of the conflict, to establish a long-term, durable peace from a historical perspective. Our suggestions, so-called, are on the table. The decision is now up to the Ukrainian authorities and their curators," said the President of Russia.
Our next proposal will be even worse for Kiev.

Posted by badanov 2025-05-11 09:05|| 2025-05-11 09:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Why I cheer for Russia.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-05-11 11:26|| 2025-05-11 11:26|| Front Page Top

#4 pretty disingenuous move by Putin

The Russia proposed April 2022 Istanbul protocols required Ukraine to surrender sovereignty and to limit its military.

This is just after yesterday Putin turned down a general cease fire.

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-05-11 18:10|| 2025-05-11 18:10|| Front Page Top

#5 What did the Minsk agreements say again?

Posted by Canuckistan sniper 2025-05-11 23:18|| 2025-05-11 23:18|| Front Page Top

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