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Matviyenko sets conditions for peace talks with Ukraine

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Russian Federation Council Chair Valentina Matviyenko said Moscow would negotiate with Ukraine only under conditions including a reliable peace plan and guarantees against future hostility toward Russia.
  • She portrayed Ukrainian and allied proposals to halt fighting as an effort to gain time for more support to Kyiv.
  • Ukrainian presidential office chief Kyrylo Budanov said Russia currently did not want to end the war, while leaving room for talks on Black Sea routes and humanitarian issues.

Russia is willing to discuss peace with Ukraine, but Valentina Matviyenko said any settlement would have to meet Moscow’s conditions.

We agree to negotiate peace only on the condition that there is a reliable peace plan, that Ukraine never again repeats anything similar, that it will never be disposed against Russia, will never be a Western instrument, will not try to harm Russia geopolitically, and so on. We will not allow this anymore.

— Valentina MatviyenkoThe Federation Council chair outlined Russia’s conditions for peace negotiations.

The chair of Russia’s Federation Council said on Sept. 1 that Russia wanted a “reliable peace plan.” She added that Ukraine must not again take action similar to what Moscow opposes, position itself against Russia or act as a Western instrument seeking to harm Russia geopolitically.

Matviyenko repeated the Kremlin’s account that the goals of its so-called “special military operation” remain unchanged and are being pursued. She also dismissed proposals from Ukraine and its allies to stop the fighting as an attempt to buy time to provide Kyiv with more weapons and money.

You stop, and we will rearm Ukraine here, produce weapons, send them there, allocate money, and then everything will start again.

— Valentina MatviyenkoShe characterized Ukrainian and allied proposals to halt hostilities as a delay tactic.

“Now we will not stop the war,” Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Ukrainian presidential office, said recently, arguing that doing so was unrealistic rather than a matter of unwillingness. Asked whether Ukraine might have to continue fighting throughout the winter, he replied, “Unfortunately, I am afraid so.”

I think very soon everyone will see negotiations, but they will be mostly related to technical issues and preparations for something important that, I hope, we will eventually achieve. Now we will not stop the war. Not because we do not want to, but simply because it is unrealistic.

— Kyrylo BudanovThe Ukrainian presidential office chief discussed the prospects for negotiations and an immediate ceasefire.

Budanov said Russia did not currently want to halt fighting along the front line. He nevertheless said efforts could continue to find solutions for reopening routes in the Black Sea and addressing humanitarian issues, including prisoner exchanges. The last trilateral talks involving Ukraine, the United States and Russia took place in Geneva on Feb. 17-18, according to the report.

Unfortunately, I am afraid so.

— Kyrylo BudanovBudanov answered when asked whether Ukraine would have to continue fighting through the winter.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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