Will Putin agree to freeze the war with Ukraine — Portnikov named the only condition

According to Portnikov, there is no question of a peace treaty between Ukraine and Russia at the moment. The only thing Putin can agree to is a ceasefire.

According to journalist Vitaly Portnikov, Putin can agree to a cease-fire agreement only when it will be too difficult for Russia to maintain the intensity of hostilities due to the deterioration of the economic situation.

“Espresso” writes about it.

“There is a rather simple situation. Putin declares the war with Ukraine as a fight against NATO. That is, Russia is waging a so-called holy war against NATO in order to destroy the “regime” that is under the power of NATO [уряд Зеленського – ред.]. It turns out that as a result of this war, according to Russian narratives, there were more NATO troops on the border with the Russian Federation!? Therefore, Putin will never agree to Trump's terms. At least the ones that are currently being talked about in the mass media,” the journalist said.

According to him,…