Russian President Vladimir Putin has relayed to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett Moscow’s proposal for a ceasefire with Ukraine, which would not require a regime change in Kyiv, Israeli officials familiar with the talks tell the Axios news site.
Bennett has held a pair of conversations with both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky since the Israeli premier jetted to Moscow for a meeting with the Russian president on Saturday.
Bennett has not presented either leader with an Israeli ceasefire proposal, and is sufficing with passing along messages from leader to the other, the officials tell Axios, crediting Bennett for helping clarify Putin’s position to Zelensky and the West.
Israeli officials say both sides have softened their stances, with Russia talking only about a demilitarized Donbas region in Eastern Ukraine and Zelensky telling ABC that he has “cooled down” regarding plans to join NATO.
The talks have now reached a critical juncture they say, with Zelensky needing to decide whether to accept Putin’s proposal — whose details are not completely clear — or risk a significant escalation in the war.
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