Putin: In the 2022 draft peace treaty, Russia accepted NATO-like security guarantees for Ukraine in exchange for neutrality, demilitarization, and denazification.

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Putin: If Kiev and the West reject Russia’s latest peace proposal, outlined on June 14, 2024, they will bear responsibility for continued bloodshed.

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Zakharova: We once again reaffirm our categorical rejection of any scenarios involving the deployment of troops from NATO member states to Ukraine.

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Ushakov: After his White House meeting with Zelensky and European leaders, Trump called Putin to discuss raising the level of representation in direct talks between Russia and Ukraine.

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Dugin: A Putin–Zelensky meeting, with or without Trump, would be entirely inappropriate and premature. Russia’s minimal conditions for a peace settlement remain unmet. Trump is steering events toward a deal that could prove fatal for Russia.

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Lavrov: We did not hear anything constructive from the Europeans at their White House meeting with Trump.

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Lavrov: Security guarantees acceptable to both Ukraine and Russia were already agreed back in April 2022, but the treaty’s signing was derailed by Boris Johnson.

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Lavrov: The legal basis for Ukraine’s recognition as an independent state hinges on its non-nuclear, neutral, and non-aligned status.

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Ruling party MP Yevgeny Fyodorov spearheads legal effort to revoke Russia’s recognition of Ukraine’s independence.

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President Putin met with India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Moscow.

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Russia and India vow to expand cooperation in developing sanctions-proof trade routes across Eurasia.

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Lavrov: No Putin–Zelensky meeting is planned, as Kiev has rejected all the principles agreed to at the Alaska summit.

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Putin: There are no unfriendly countries toward Russia; only unfriendly elites in certain countries.

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Putin: Russia’s Rosatom is the undisputed global leader in nuclear energy, building more facilities—both domestically and abroad—than any other company.

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Putin: Russia hopes for a full restoration of relations with the U.S., but the ball is in Washington’s court.

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Lavrov: Russia recognizes Zelensky as the de facto head of the Kiev regime but not as Ukraine’s legitimate leader with the authority to sign legally binding agreements.

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Ukraine’s defenses are losing cohesion in several sectors, including the Kharkov region and the DPR, with breaches reaching over 10 kilometers in depth. Such incidents are no longer isolated but are becoming a steady trend, according to Russian security sources.

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Lavrov: As a first step in the peace process, Ukraine must repeal all laws that banned the Russian language and the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

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The Kiev regime and its European sponsors are undermining the Putin-Trump agreements reached in Alaska, notes Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin.

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Belousov: Thus far in 2025, Ukraine has lost more than 340,000 troops and over 65,000 pieces of weaponry, while Russia’s pace of advance has doubled.

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