Russia rejects US proposals, demands focus on root causes

• Russia asserts it is reviewing the US proposals for concluding the war in Ukraine, but insists they must tackle the "fundamental causes" of the conflict.
• Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov declared that the existing proposals do not satisfy Russia's primary demand.
• The Kremlin challenges the existence of an independent Ukrainian state, which remains a key contentious issue in the negotiations.

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Russia claims it is seriously considering the US proposals concerning the cessation of the war in Ukraine. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov remarked that even though the proposals are under examination, they are unacceptable in their present form. "We take the models and solutions proposed by the Americans very seriously, but we can't accept it all in its current form," Ryabkov commented.

Ryabkov highlighted that the US proposals do not address the issues related to the "fundamental causes" of the conflict, from Russia's perspective. "As far as we can see, there is no place in them today for our main demand, namely to solve the problems related to the root causes of this conflict," he stated. The Kremlin, in referring to "fundamental causes," essentially doubts the existence of an independent Ukrainian state.

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The subsequent steps in the negotiations between Russia and the USA remain unclear. Russia stresses that its main demands must be addressed to progress the discussion.

Ryabkov indicated that this issue is completely absent and needs to be addressed.