Putin's peace proposal: Withdrawal demands and bizarre conditions

At the Kremlin, bizarre words from Putin have surfaced again. "Today we are offering [Kyiv] another concrete, genuine peace proposal," the Russian dictator stated. He emphasized that "the new Russian peace proposal does not aim to freeze the conflict but to resolve it completely."

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"Ukrainian troops must be completely withdrawn from the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions," stated Vladimir Putin during a meeting with the leadership of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The new Russian peace proposal does not aim to "freeze the conflict" but to completely resolve it, claims Putin. "Today we are making another concrete, real peace proposal. Our principled position is that Ukraine’s status must be a neutral, nonaligned, free of nuclear weapons," he said.

"As soon as Kyiv says it is ready to do this and begins really withdrawing troops and officially renounces plans to join NATO, we will immediately — literally that very minute — cease-fire and begin talks."

All these basic principal conditions must be set through fundamental international agreements. Naturally, this involves the cancellation of all western sanctions against Russia," Putin continued.

He added, "The status of Crimea, 'L/DPR', Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions as regions of the Russian Federation should be fixed in international treaties."

"If Kyiv and western capitals refuse it as they did before, then that’s their issue at the end of the day — their political and moral responsibility for the continued bloodshed," he thundered.