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37 mins ago (15:42 GMT)
Ukraine, Russia make progress on 15-point peace plan: Report
Ukraine and Russia have made significant progress on a tentative 15-point peace plan, the Financial Times has reported, quoting three people involved in the talks.
The peace plan includes a ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian troops if Kyiv declares neutrality and accepts limits on its armed forces.
The proposed deal, which negotiators discussed in full for the first time on Monday, would see Kyiv renouncing its ambitions to join NATO and pledging not to host foreign military bases or weaponry in exchange for protection from allies such as the US, UK and Turkey.
Unresolved issues include the nature of western guarantees for Ukrainian security and the status of Ukrainian territories seized by Russia in 2014.
48 mins ago (15:30 GMT)
Russia will achieve its goals in Ukraine: Putin
President Vladimir Putin has said Russia will achieve its goals in Ukraine and will not surrender to what he described as a Western attempt to achieve global dominance.
Speaking at a government meeting broadcasted on national television, Putin said Western countries wanted to turn Russia into a “weak dependent country; violate its territorial integrity; to dismember Russia in a way that suits them”.
In his most explicit acknowledgment of the pain inflicted by sanctions, he said inflation and unemployment would rise and that structural changes to the economy would be needed.
He said Russia was ready to discuss Ukraine’s neutral status in talks. “The question of principle for our country and its future – the neutral status of Ukraine, its demilitarisation, and its denazification – we were ready and we are ready to discuss as part of negotiations.”