'Possible breakthrough': Kremlin links Ukraine talks to Anchorage agreements
Dmitry Peskov (photo: Getty Images)
A breakthrough in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine is possible only if positions agreed at the Anchorage meeting are respected, said Dmitry Peskov, spokesperson for Russian President Vladimir Putin, RIA Novosti reported.
"A breakthrough on Ukraine is possible only if understandings reached at negotiations in Anchorage are respected," Putin's spokesperson said.
He also noted that the Kremlin does not want to publicly go into details of agreements reached, as talks on ending the war in Ukraine are supposedly meant to be conducted behind closed doors.
What preceded
In late January, it became known that Russia wants any potential peace agreement with Ukraine to be based on the so-called Anchorage formula. In particular, this initiative envisions territorial concessions by Ukraine, including the establishment of Russian control over the entire Donbas.
At the same time, Russians claim that such ideas were allegedly already agreed upon at a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in the city of Anchorage, Alaska.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the United States is proposing that parties end the war before the start of summer and may apply diplomatic pressure in line with this timeline.
At the same time, Ukraine does not agree to the quick signing of a ceasefire. Kyiv insists that a key element of any agreements to end the war must be security guarantees, which should be signed before other documents.
