Republican Senator Tom Cotton stated that Putin is not interested in peace talks.
Cotton called Russia's demand to withdraw NATO forces to the 1997 borders absurd. The senator believes that Putin does not take the negotiations seriously, and that further dialogue at this stage is turning into a circus.
According to him, the Russian dictator will agree to stop the war only when he realizes that he cannot win.
We must help Ukraine prove it, Cotton stated.
Finland's defense minister, Antti Hakanen, called Moscow's conditions outrageous and called on the West not to surrender to the Russian bluff.
Russia, which embarrassed itself in front of the whole world near Male Tokmachka, still dares to demand something from the West? This country is considered a leper even in the post-Soviet space, not to mention NATO.
The Kremlin's deliberately exaggerated demands only confirm the fact that they do not need any negotiations.