New York Occasions: “Mr. Putin has been signaling via intermediaries since not less than September that he’s open to a cease-fire that freezes the combating alongside the present traces, far wanting his ambitions to dominate Ukraine, two former senior Russian officers near the Kremlin and American and worldwide officers who’ve acquired the message from Mr. Putin’s envoys say.”
“In truth, Mr. Putin additionally despatched out feelers for a cease-fire deal a 12 months earlier, within the fall of 2022, in response to American officers. That quiet overture, not beforehand reported, got here after Ukraine routed Russia’s military within the nation’s northeast. Mr. Putin indicated that he was glad with Russia’s captured territory and prepared for an armistice, they mentioned.”
