Putin wants to discuss the recognition of Crimea and Donbas with the US

Vladimir Putin. Photo: Getty Images

Russian Governor Vladimir Putin stated that the legal recognition of Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions as territories of the Russian Federation should become one of the key issues in the negotiations with the USA.

Source: Russian agency “Interfax”

Details: Yes, answering the question of how Putin feels about the fact that the American side is ready to recognize Crimea and Donbas as Russian de facto, but not de jure, he answered that this should become a key issue during the negotiations.

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Putin’s direct speech: “This should be the subject of our negotiations with the American side. Thank you for drawing attention to this. This is one of the key points.”

Prehistory:

• On November 27, Putin said that the proposed list of 28 points of the US “peace plan” could become the basis future agreements regarding the war in Ukraine.
• In addition, according to him, the Russian Federation will allegedly stop the fighting if The Armed Forces will withdraw from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• On November 21, the mass media made it public the text of the 28-point peace planaccording to which Ukraine must permanently renounce its territories, and Russia must receive amnesty.
• On November 23, Great Britain, Germany and France prepared counterproposals to the project of the American “peace plan” of 28 items designed to make them more profitable for Ukraine.
• Also, on November 23, negotiations between the delegations of Ukraine and the USA took place in Geneva, after which it became known about the “updated” peace document.
• The British newspaper Financial Times reported that following the negotiations in Geneva, Trump’s team made adjustments to the initial version of the “peace plan”, as a result of which the number of points in it was reduced to 19.

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