Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has said that in peace talks in Ukraine he will insist on recognizing the temporarily occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions, as well as Crimea, as part of Russia. If this happens in the near future, Russia “will not lay claim to Odessa and other territories.
Putin emphasized this at a closed meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs with businessmen, the Russian publication Kommersant reports.
According to the Russian correspondent's sources, Putin said that Kyiv supposedly had the opportunity from the very beginning to "get away with little bloodshed in every sense."
"Kommersant" quotes the Kremlin boss as saying that they should have "heard and spoken," first about recognizing Crimea. Then, "when it became clear that they didn't want to hear," about recognizing the autonomy of the Luhansk and Donetsk republics. Finally, the publication writes, about recognizing them, as well as the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions, as part of Russia.
Now, according to the publication's sources, the negotiations are about "not taking away what has been achieved in Russia, and that Crimea, Sevastopol, the Luhansk and Donetsk republics, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions should be recognized as part of Russia."
Also, sources of the Russian publication assured that under the conditions, if this happens in the near future, Russia "will not lay claim to Odessa and other territories that currently belong to Ukraine."
At the same time, the participants in the meeting note that, in their opinion, Putin believes that an agreement can be reached with Trump.
"Apostrophe" also wrote that after a conversation between the leader of the United States and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump stated that Putin allegedly did not want to see him as his enemy.