Ukraine rejects Russia ceasefire proposal | ABC News
Security on high alert as Switzerland prepares to host world leaders at a summit for peace in Ukraine despite missing the guest list Russian President Vladimir Putin set out his own proposal to end the war so far the West has been ignoring our interests while they forbid keev to negotiate they hypocritically call on us to start some sort of negotiations it just looks idiotic he wants ke to withdraw its troops from dones luhansk hon and zapara four Ukrainian regions Russia claims as its own but mosow doesn’t control all of the territory he also wants Ukraine to give up its Ambitions to join NATO and for Western sanctions to be dropped an order to ceasefire and begin negotiations will immediately follow from ourside literally at the same minute speaking on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Italy the Ukrainian president declared Mr Putin’s ultimatum cannot be trusted they are ultimatums and they don’t differ from all the ultimatums that were made before Pope Francis is among those invited for The Summit in Switzerland thank you so much thank you for your prayers for Ukraine ukrainians India’s Prime Minister narandra Modi is at the G7 but will not attend in Switzerland instead sending a delegation the absence of some leaders from the summit most not notably India and China shows moscow’s lobbying is working with Beijing asking the question how could a summit aimed at ending the war reach an agreement without Russia’s involvement diplomacy is a tricky art the two Global superpowers have other priorities both rely heavily on Russia for oil and other Imports which have offset Western sanctions imposed on Moscow finding consensus won’t be easy Katherine de ABC news Ukraine for
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will only end the war in Ukraine if Kyiv agrees to drop its NATO membership ambitions and hand over four provinces Moscow claims as its own — demands it has rejected. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE
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