Friday, November 28, 2025 - Vladimir Putin has again insisted that Europe has nothing to fear, saying Russia has no intention of launching attacks in the future.
The Russian president dismissed such claims as “outright
lies and nonsense” while publicly acknowledging the US-brokered peace plan for
Ukraine for the first time. He said Russia is now ready for “serious” talks and
confirmed that a US delegation will visit Moscow next week. “There was a line
of questions put forward for discussion,” he said, adding that there are no
“final versions”.
Putin made the remarks during a meeting of the Collective
Security Treaty Organisation’s security council in Kyrgyzstan, where he
addressed member states including Belarus. He used the occasion to claim that
Russian forces had fully encircled Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad in the Donetsk
region.
He also commented on one of Volodymyr Zelensky’s stated red
lines for ending the war, the surrender of currently occupied Ukrainian
territories. Warning that Russian troops are advancing quickly, Putin said, “If
Ukrainian soldiers leave the occupied territories, then we will cease
hostilities. If they do not leave, we will achieve it by military means.”
Taking one of the final questions at the security council
meeting, Putin asserted that signing documents with Ukraine’s current
leadership is “pointless”.
The comments came shortly after France announced that a
limited form of military service will be introduced next year, twenty-five
years after the country ended conscription. President Emmanuel Macron said the
measure is a response to rising fears of a conflict with Russia, stating, “The
only way to avoid danger is to prepare for it.”
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