British PM set to call on 25 world leaders to boost Kyiv in lead-up to any peace deal or be ready to ramp up pressure on RussiaMikhail Kasyanov, Vladimir Putin’s first prime minister and now an opponent of the Russian president, said Moscow was only interested in a conditional ceasefire, reports the PA news agency.He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme:He rejected this proposal for an unconditional ceasefire, he wants conditional, he wants a ceasefire on his terms.”I don’t believe this, but he could accept – if his terms and conditions are accepted, for instance the stop of military supplies (from the west) – he could agree to just Indians and Brazilians and other friendly countries, troops from those countries but not from Nato nations or from Europe at all.”By the end of the year, he will be a different Putin and would be more willing to negotiate.”I think there’s a discussion about it and I think a few hours ago there’s some contact between your prime minister and Giorgia Meloni because they are talking and trying to understand, which is the problem of the meeting of today.”Our position now is that if the meeting is only to talk about the troops in Ukraine, it is not important now.It doesn’t mean we don’t send our troops (to) Ukraine, but we think it’s too early to talk about this topic.” Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2025-03-15 08:24:00
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Russia-Ukraine war live: Starmer warns Putin over ‘games’ as he prepares to present peace plan to world leaders
