Russia rejects US peace plan, demands answers on Ukraine's fate

    
• Russia claims it is analyzing the US proposals for ending the war in Ukraine, but they must address the "fundamental causes" of the conflict.
• Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated that the current proposals do not meet Russia's main demand.
• The Kremlin questions the existence of an independent Ukrainian state, which is a key contentious point in the negotiations.

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Russia claims it is taking the US proposals regarding the end of the war in Ukraine seriously. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that although the proposals are being analyzed, they cannot be accepted in their current form. "We treat the models and solutions proposed by the Americans very seriously, but we cannot accept this in the current form," Ryabkov stated.

Ryabkov emphasized that the US proposals lack a solution to the problems related to the "fundamental causes" of the conflict, as claimed by Russia. "From what we see, there is currently no inclusion of our main demand, namely the resolution of issues related to the fundamental causes of this conflict," he said. The Kremlin, in discussing "fundamental causes," essentially questions the existence of an independent Ukrainian state.

Currently, it is unclear what the next steps in the negotiations between Russia and the USA will be. Russia emphasizes that its main demands must be considered to make progress in the talks possible.

Ryabkov indicated that "it is completely absent and needs to be addressed."