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Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that he had no preconditions to begin talks with Ukraine on a possible peace settlement, but the conditions he set in June for an actual deal remained unchanged.
Putin said in June that Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if Kiev agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the entirety of four provinces claimed by Moscow, a demand Kiev quickly rejected as they were equivalent to delivery.
"I did not formulate the preliminary conditions, I did not say that the preliminary conditions for the start of negotiations are such and such. I just talked about our terms for peace ," he said today.
Putin also stressed that he was ready to start dialogue with the US and described Donald Trump as a smart politician who is capable of finding a solution.
He added that he believed the US president-elect was still unsure. Trump was the subject of two apparent assassination attempts during the period leading up to his presidential election victory.
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