Putin goes on to say
”Our proposal is not to freeze the conflict, like how the west wants it, but to end it. I repeat, this is not to freeze the conflict, but for its final completion.”
Putin goes on to say
”Our proposal is not to freeze the conflict, like how the west wants it, but to end it. I repeat, this is not to freeze the conflict, but for its final completion.”
Definitely a reasonable point to start negotiations. The Russians barely hold anything in Kherson, but you don’t start where you want. Otherwise, you don’t have any leeway in negotiations.