Here are Putin's conditions for even starting negotiations or sitting at the table. Putin wants to keep all the territory he already controls, he wants Ukraine to give up all land that Russia claims including land that Ukraine still controls, he wants Ukraine to demilitarize and promise no alliance with the west. In other words, he wants a complete surrender before negotiations even START.
Putin lovers want exactly what Putin wants. This is not a strawman.
President says as soon as Ukraine withdraws its troops from Russian-claimed regions, declares neutral status, Moscow will halt all combat operation - Anadolu Ajansı
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