Russia sees 'freezing' of Ukraine conflict as unacceptable, Kremlin spokesman says

Russian Politics & Diplomacy November 18, 13:23

"The conditions that President Putin laid out in June remain fully relevant," Dmitry Peskov said

MOSCOW, November 18. /TASS/. The idea of freezing the Ukraine conflict is unacceptable for Russia, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Commenting on a Bloomberg report that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had suggested the Ukraine conflict should be frozen along the current line of engagement at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro.

"Any option involving the freezing [of the conflict] along the line of engagement is unacceptable for Russia in any case. The conditions that President Putin laid out in June remain fully relevant. This is what needs to be done to stop military activities," Peskov told reporters.

In June, Russian President Vladimir Putin set forth the conditions for resolving the situation in Ukraine, which included Ukraine withdrawing troops from Donbass and Novorossiya and abandoning plans to join NATO. Moscow also believes that all Western sanctions on Russia must be removed and Ukraine’s non-bloc and non-nuclear status must be guaranteed.

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