Putin on the eve of the world summit in Switzerland wanted to undermine the support of Ukraine by the West - ISW

Russian President Vladimir Putin with his statements about the alleged “Russia's readiness for negotiations”, in fact, on the terms of the surrender of Ukraine, tried to confuse the purpose of the summit and undermine the support of Ukraine by the West. This is stated in the report of the Institute for the Study of War ( ISW ).

Putin’s information operation on June 14 on the alleged “readiness of Russia for negotiations” on the basis of equivalent surrender of Ukraine confused the goal of the global summit of the world initiated by Ukraine in Switzerland on June 15-16, the report said.

Putin specifically set out his requirements regarding the “peaceful” negotiations in Ukraine the day before the start of the global peace summit in order to undermine the West support for the legal requirements of Ukraine to Russia and divert attention from the task of achieving international consensus regarding how to ensure that the illegal aggressive war of Russia did not lead to an unfair victory of Russia.

Analysts note that Putin’s ambiguous statements about his supposedly “readiness for negotiations” reoriented international discourse that Putin, who was not interested in observing the principles of the UN Charter in his aggressive war in Ukraine, was not invited to the conference, and that the absence of Putin at the summit is some kind of internal paradox. Although in fact, experts add, this is not so.

Several Western officials admitted that Russia tried to disrupt the purpose of the summit and focus on the absence of Russia.

US Vice-President Kamal Harris said that Putin’s “peaceful” proposal of June 14 was not a call for negotiations, but a call “to the surrender of [Ukraine]” .

The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, said that Russia should be involved in the peace process at a “certain stage” , although he admitted that Putin was not interested in the negotiations “at the moment” and probably on June 14, “funny peaceful proposal”.

German Chancellor Olaf Sholts said that "the world in Ukraine cannot be achieved without the involvement of Russia," but noted that Russia rejected all collective calls for the world.

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Recall, on the eve of the global summit of the world in Switzerland, Vladimir Putin voiced the conditions for the end of the war in Ukraine. According to him, Russia is ready to stop hostilities and begin negotiations with Ukraine, but for this Ukrainian troops must be completely withdrawn from the Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions.

At the same time, he noted that the transition of these territories, as well as Crimea and Sevastopol, should be recorded in international documents.

Advisor to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak said that the proposals of the end of the war and negotiations put forward by Russian President Vladimir Putin speak of "the inability of the current Russian leadership to adequately evaluate the realities."