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Putin Says Russia Ready to Resume Ukraine Talks

6/25/2026

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President Vladimir Putin said Russia is ready to resume talks with Ukraine based on 2022 Istanbul agreements and 2025 Anchorage framework.
He accused Ukraine of halting the process with attacks inside Russia that struck civilian targets.
He said the Anchorage summit produced a 28-point plan reduced to 20 points that Russia sees as a basis for talks.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia is ready to negotiate at any time.

History

Historical Context

On 5 December 1994 Ukraine, Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom signed the Budapest Memorandum, granting political security assurances in exchange for Ukraine’s surrender of roughly 1,900 nuclear warheads. Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its full-scale invasion in 2022 breached those assurances, underscoring the memorandum’s lingering relevance to today’s diplomatic negotiations.

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Story summary

President Vladimir Putin said Russia is ready to resume talks with Ukraine based on 2022 Istanbul agreements and 2025 Anchorage framework.
He accused Ukraine of halting the process with attacks inside Russia that struck civilian targets.
He said the Anchorage summit produced a 28-point plan reduced to 20 points that Russia sees as a basis for talks.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia is ready to negotiate at any time.

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