Zelensky craved the support of G7 leaders on Monday to back his idea of convening a special Global Peace Summit.
But Putin would not entertain sorts of ‘peace plan‘ from the Ukrainians, he has rather called for [Ukrainian] troops pullout and wanting Zelensky to really give up territories.
In Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman’s response to Zelensky in his plea to leaders from G7 Powers for more military equipment, financial support, energy stability and enforcing a peace solution (that would mean Russia withdrawing troops from Ukraine). Peskov said,
‘These are three steps towards a continuation of hostilities.
”The Ukrainian side needs to take into account the realities that have developed during this time,’ he added when asked about the proposed Russian troop withdrawal.
‘And these realities indicate that new subjects have appeared in the Russian Federation.
‘They appeared as a result of referendums that took place in these territories. Without taking these new realities into account, no kind of progress is possible.
‘There could be “no question” of Russia starting to pull out its troops by the end of the year, he said.
Russia’s annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia has always been a subject of discussion with the Ukrainians discrediting that the annexation only happened because Ukrainians are put at gun point.
Also, United Nation has reasons to also fault the annexation as the UN claims the annexation is an ‘illegal’ move.
[East] Ukraine wants to hold peace talk, but the Russia thinks they are only trying to buy time to allow its depleted forces to regroup after nearly 10 months of war and a series of defeats and retreats.
Making reference to the official requests he made to G7 leaders, he said:
‘No matter what the aggressor intends to do, when the world is truly united, it is then the world, not the aggressor that determines how events develop.’
