{"id":562527,"date":"2025-11-11T01:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T01:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/562527\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T01:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T01:09:12","slug":"russia-says-wants-quick-end-to-ukraine-conflict-but-only-after-achieving-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/562527\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia says wants quick end to Ukraine conflict but only after achieving goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ISTANBUL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russia wants to end the conflict in Ukraine as quickly as possible but it is important to achieve the initial objectives, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, state news agency TASS reported.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Peskov said Russia remains open to a political and diplomatic settlement, describing this path as \u201cpreferable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, he stressed that the conditions for peace depend on fulfilling the goals announced by Moscow at the beginning of what it calls its \u201cspecial military operation\u201d in February 2022. Russia had called for &#8220;demilitarization&#8221; and &#8220;denazification&#8221; of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Peskov claimed that negotiations have stalled \u201cthrough no fault of Russia,\u201d blaming European countries for encouraging Kyiv to believe in the possibility of a military victory.<\/p>\n<p>He said Western nations are \u201cegging on\u201d Ukraine instead of promoting talks.<\/p>\n<p>According to the spokesman, the situation on the front lines is \u201cdynamic\u201d and signals a continued decline in Ukraine\u2019s battlefield position.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the number of Ukrainians supporting peace \u201con Russia\u2019s terms\u201d is likely to grow over time, despite internal pressures within the country.<\/p>\n<p>Peskov also praised Kazakhstan\u2019s readiness to host and facilitate possible peace negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv, emphasizing that Russia \u201chighly values\u201d Astana\u2019s position.<\/p>\n<p>He referred to Kazakhstan as a \u201cspecial, privileged partner,\u201d noting that preparations are being finalized for President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev\u2019s state visit to Russia, which begins Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s visit to India is planned for the end of 2025, describing it as a \u201cmeaningful\u201d trip expected to strengthen bilateral cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/p\/subscription\/1001\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:12px; color:#444; text-decoration:none;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                    Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. <b style=\"color:#1897F7\">Please contact us for subscription options.<\/b>&#13;<br \/>\n                                <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ISTANBUL Russia wants to end the conflict in Ukraine as quickly as possible but it is important to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7655],"tags":[5340,7667,2000,660,332,657],"class_list":{"0":"post-562527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-anadolu-ajansi","9":"tag-dmitry-peskov","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-kremlin","12":"tag-russia","13":"tag-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115528398777536031","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}