{"id":608704,"date":"2025-12-03T03:12:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T03:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/608704\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T03:12:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T03:12:59","slug":"putin-issues-grave-warning-to-europe-amid-peace-talk-discord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/608704\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Issues Grave Warning to Europe Amid Peace Talk Discord"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a> issued a stark warning to Europe on Tuesday, declaring that Russia is \u201cready\u201d for a military confrontation if one were to break out. <\/p>\n

Speaking at an investment forum in Moscow, Putin said he has no desire for conflict but cautioned that \u201cif Europe suddenly wants to wage a war with us and starts it, we are ready right away.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that any European move toward war could lead to \u201ca situation in which there won\u2019t be anyone to negotiate with.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Russian leader also took aim at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s European allies<\/a>, who have expressed support for helping Kyiv achieve a dignified peace deal. Accusing Europe of hindering the U.S.-led negotiations, Putin claimed they had put forward demands that are \u201cabsolutely unacceptable\u201d to Russia and had obstructed the \u201centire peace process.\u201d He argued that European governments have \u201cno peaceful agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CONFLICT-US-DIPLOMACY\"Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Kremlin economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, meets with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 2, 2025. Alexander Kazakov\u2014Getty Images<\/p>\n

Putin made his remarks as a U.S. delegation led by President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy Steve Witkoff waited for him in another part of Moscow to discuss details of a Russia-Ukraine peace plan<\/a>. Putin, known for keeping foreign leaders waiting, arrived late in the evening for the meeting, which also included Trump\u2019s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. After a brief exchange of greetings, cameras were removed from the room and the closed-door talks began. <\/p>\n

The meeting concluded nearly five hours later. Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev called the talks “productive” in a post<\/a> on X, and Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters that “the discussion was very useful, constructive and very substantive.” But Ushakov stressed that “there is still a lot of work to be done, both by Washington and by Moscow,” and noted that “so far, a compromise hasn\u2019t been found” on the critical issue of territory.<\/p>\n

“Contacts will continue,” he said. <\/p>\n

\"PutinSteve Witkoff and Jared Kushner begin a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Dec. 2, 2025.
\n Kremlin Press Office\u2014Getty Images<\/p>\n

The meeting follows the widespread leak of the Trump Administration\u2019s 28-point peace plan<\/a> on Nov. 20. Zelensky and his European allies criticized the initial draft, which called for Kyiv to reduce its army and make significant land concessions.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/strong>: Putin and Trump Envoy Witkoff Meet for High-Stakes Peace Talks<\/a><\/p>\n

Ukrainian and U.S. officials met last week in Geneva to review a refined version of the proposal\u2014the details of which have yet to be released. These talks were bolstered by a meeting in Florida over the weekend, which saw U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio lead talks opposite Ukraine\u2019s new negotiator Rustem Umerov, who serves as the country\u2019s National Security and Defense Council secretary. (Umerov took over the helm from Andriy Yermak, who resigned as Zelensky\u2019s chief of staff last week after a raid on his home by two national anti-corruption agencies amid a widespread corruption scandal.)<\/p>\n

Rubio told reporters after the meeting that while the sit-down was \u201cproductive,\u201d there was still \u201cmore work to be done.\u201d \u201cObviously, there\u2019s another party involved [Russia] that will have to be a part of the equation,\u201d he added, having previously said that both Russia and Ukraine \u201cmust agree to difficult but necessary concessions.\u201d<\/p>\n

European allies are strongly opposed to the idea of Ukraine making land concessions\u2014something Zelensky has repeatedly ruled out. Many have warned that asking Ukraine to give up territory would reward Russian aggression, noting that Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t lose focus that it\u2019s actually Russia who has started this war, and Russia that is continuing this war,\u201d Kaja Kallas, the E.U. high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, told reporters on Monday<\/a>. Kallas shared her fear that Ukraine could be pressured to stop the war by surrendering, something she warns would have major repercussions and is \u201cnot in anybody\u2019s interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Putin\u2019s comments on Tuesday echoed his recent statements about the futility of a negotiated peace. During a trip to Kyrgyzstan last week, Putin said<\/a> pursuing any kind of peace deal was \u201cpointless\u201d as long as Zelensky remained in power. Celebrating Russia\u2019s recent advances on the battlefield, Putin asserted that \u201cif Ukrainian forces leave the territories they hold then we will stop combat operations\u201d but \u201cif they don\u2019t, then we will achieve it by military means.\u201d<\/p>\n

Putin\u2019s willingness to keep fighting despite mounting casualties, and his insistence that Ukraine withdraw from territory claimed by Moscow stands in direct opposition to Zelensky\u2019s vow never to cede land, leaving the sides locked in a stalemate.<\/p>\n

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There is little sign Putin is prepared to compromise. Trump previously said the Russian leader has \u201clet [him] down\u201d by refusing to change his position. The pair met in Alaska in August for a summit intended to explore a potential cease-fire. But the meeting ended earlier than planned, with no agreement reached. Critics argued that Putin left<\/a> the meeting with more leverage than Trump.<\/p>\n

In October, Trump and the E.U. imposed new sanctions on Russia<\/a>, demanding that \u201cnow is the time to stop killing.\u201d But the sanctions have done little to slow the Kremlin\u2019s campaign. In fact, the Kremlin all but dismissed the new levies, with Russia\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova arguing<\/a> that Russia has a \u201cstrong immunity\u201d to Western sanctions.<\/p>\n

Zelensky remains supported by his European allies, but the issue of proposed land concessions and concerns over security guarantees for the future of both Ukraine and Europe remain unresolved.<\/p>\n

For now, the Ukrainian President has said he is \u201cwaiting for signals from the American delegation after its meetings in Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an update shared via social media<\/a>, as the talks in Moscow took place, Zelensky said the U.S. delegation is set to brief him \u201cimmediately\u201d after the meetings end and the \u201cnext steps will depend on those signals.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the signals work out in a certain way\u2014if it is fair play with our partners\u2014then we may meet with the American delegation very quickly. At what level, we will see,\u201d he said, adding he is ready for a meeting with Trump, when the time comes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a stark warning to Europe on Tuesday, declaring that Russia is \u201cready\u201d for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187,28423,332],"class_list":{"0":"post-608704","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european","11":"tag-news-desk","12":"tag-russia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115653458559782589","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608704","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=608704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}