Putin says ready for Ukraine talks if Kyiv accepts ‘new territorial realities’

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting in Moscow, Russia, January 5, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting in Moscow, Russia, January 5, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

President Vladimir Putin tells Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he is open to dialogue with Ukraine if Kyiv accepts territories occupied by Moscow as Russian, the Kremlin says.

“Putin again confirmed Russia’s openness to serious dialogue on the condition of Kyiv authorities fulfilling the well-known and repeatedly voiced requirements of taking into account the new territorial realities,” the Kremlin says in a statement.

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