German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent proposal for peace in Ukraine, labeling it as lacking seriousness.
Scholz further stated that the leaders of the G7 have refrained from discussing Putin’s peace proposals because they are widely regarded as not credible and unlikely to lead to a genuine resolution of the conflict.
Earlier, the Russian leader insisted that Ukraine withdraw its troops from four regions and refrain from joining NATO.
Putin laid out maximalist conditions on the eve of a conference in Switzerland, to which Russia has not been invited, that are entirely divergent from Ukraine’s terms. This move appears to reflect Moscow’s growing confidence in its military dominance in the ongoing conflict.
He reiterated his demand for Ukraine’s demilitarization, unchanged since he deployed troops on February 24, 2022, and insisted that lifting Western sanctions must be included in any peace agreement.
Furthermore, he reiterated his call for Ukraine’s “denazification,” a claim Kyiv dismisses as baseless slander against its leadership.