Given the pace of the offensive, Russia\u2019s interest in the withdrawal of Ukrainian armed forces from the territories has been reduced to zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that there are people in the West who advise Kyiv to accept dignified conditions for ending the conflict, but that the Kyiv regime is in no hurry to resolve the conflict by peaceful means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow we see that intelligent people have appeared even in the West who recommend that the Kyiv authorities accept decent conditions for ending the conflict. They also offer good fundamental conditions for ensuring Ukraine\u2019s long-term security, conditions for restoring relations with the Russian Federation and for rebuilding the Ukrainian economy,\u201d Putin said. However, he added, Kyiv is in no hurry to accept them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Putin recalled that Kyiv started the conflict in 2014 and that Russia is trying to end it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBack in 2014, after the coup in Kyiv, Russia proposed that citizens of southeastern Ukraine be given the right to self-determination. The Kyiv authorities opted to launch a large-scale military action \u2013 a war,\u201d Putin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that this right is guaranteed by the UN Charter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut, unfortunately, neither then, in 2014, nor later, in 2020, did anyone listen to us. The Kyiv authorities chose to launch large military operations, a war. To start a war. We are trying to end it,\u201d Putin added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf Kyiv does not want to resolve the situation by peaceful means, Russia will carry out all the tasks of the SVO by armed means,\u201d the Russian president said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n