Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his end-of-year press conference, affirms Russia’s willingness to negotiate on Ukraine based on the 2024 proposals.
“Russia still does not see Kiev’s willingness to discuss the territorial issue,” Putin says. Tass reports it.
Russian troops are advancing along the entire line of contact, while the enemy is retreating, the Russian president underlined: “Our troops are advancing along the entire line of contact, in some places faster, in others more slowly, but in all directions the enemy is retreating.” The head of state then added that the strategic initiative on the front passed completely to the Russian armed forces, after the enemy was “driven out” from the Kursk territory.
For Putin, the idea of using frozen Russian assets was a “robbery” and added that European leaders failed to reach an agreement fearing that “the consequences could be really harsh for the robbers”https://gazzettadelsud.it/articoli/mondo/2025/12/19/putin-disposti-a-negoziare-sulle-proposte-del -2024-I-don’t-see-kiev’s-willingness-to-discuss-the-territories-a818c792-a6e0-4f15-98c3-2c74ff9e6a41/.”Not no matter what they steal, sooner or later they will have to return it, and most importantly, we will go to court to protect our interests, we will do our best to find a jurisdiction independent of the political context,” Putin warned.
Putin defined his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky as “a talented actor” when speaking of the episode in Kupyansk, a town in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, and the photo of the Ukrainian president in front of an obelisk with the name “Kupyansk” with the aim of refuting the Russian conquest. “The stele is located about a kilometer from the city. Why stop at the threshold? Come in,” Putin said.
Kiev refuses to end conflict in ‘peaceful way’
Kiev essentially refuses to end the conflict “in a peaceful way,” the president stressed. “In essence, they refuse to end this conflict in a peaceful way,” he said. “However, we see, hear and are aware of some signals, including from the Kiev regime, which indicate that it is ready to engage in some form of dialogue,” Putin said.
“We are ready and willing to end this conflict peacefully, based on the principles I outlined last June to the Russian Foreign Ministry and addressing the root causes that led to this crisis,” Putin further stated. The Russian president recalled that Moscow in 2022 warned Ukraine that it would be forced to recognize the unrecognized republics: “We simply told them: ‘Listen, we will be forced to recognize these unrecognized republics, and it would be better if you just let the people live in peace as they want, without your coups, without Russophobia and so on. Just withdraw your troops.'”