55 Negotiations Russia
Russia wants to negotiate? And Russia invaded Ukraine for that? During intensive negotiations? Pretty hollow, isn’t it?
- Russia is ready to negotiate for peace
- Te West wants weapons instead of negotiations
- Russia invaded during negotiations1
- Russia always demanded surrender before a ceasefire
- Putin said he will not negotiate as long as he can win his war
Putin and other Russian officials have regularly falsely claimed that the Kremlin is willing to negotiate to end the war, at the same time signaling that the Kremlin maintains its maximalist goals for Ukraine, including territorial claims and a change of government. In a recent interview, Russian President Vladimir Putin said: “It’s somehow ridiculous on our part to negotiate now just because they’re running out of cartridges”.2 This implies that the Russian government negotiates only if they suffer defeat on the battlefield. This suggests that the Russian government only negotiates when it suffers a defeat on the battlefield. This assessment was also made by the “Institute for the Study of War” 3 in June 2024. Ukrainian officials, on the other hand, have expressed their readiness to negotiate with Russia as soon as Russia withdraws its troops from the internationally recognized territory of Ukraine, including Donbas and Crimea.
See also the main chapter on negotiations Chapter 54.
Nico Lange (2024) Aber die NATO! 10 populäre Mythen über Putins Krieg gegen die Ukraine, Kapitel 1. Münchener Sicherheitskonferenz, Zeitenwende on tour. https://securityconference.org/assets/user_upload/MSC_Aber_die_NATO_10_Mythen.pdf#page=4↩︎
Интервью Президента России В.В.Путина Дмитрию Киселеву [Interview of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to Dmitry Kiselyov]. (2024, March 13). YouTube. Retrieved May 1, 2024, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsmcWV2WBmQ↩︎
Institute for the Study of War. (n.d.). Institute for the Study of War. https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/why-putin-remains-uninterested-meaningful-negotiations-ukraine↩︎