Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 in a bid to conquer his southern neighbor and oust its leadership, which he has long accused of being run by Nazis.Maxim Shemetov/AFP via Getty Images

Putin heaps conditions and queries on Ukraine ceasefire talks – POLITICO

· POLITICO

Vladimir Putin says he backs a ceasefire, but don’t hold your breath for an immediate breakthrough.

Russia’s president on Thursday laid out what looked like a raft of delaying questions and burdensome conditions on American proposals to end the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.

Putin will huddle with United States President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff in a closed-door meeting at the Kremlin on Thursday night. He is being careful to say he broadly supports the initiative, but is simultaneously setting out what he sees as impediments to an overnight breakthrough.