Overview
- In an official comment, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova says the proposal seeks to block a genuine peace process that accounts for Russia’s interests.
- She argues Western authors prioritize a quick cease-fire and a freeze along current front lines to relieve Ukraine’s forces and preserve President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government.
- Zakharova lists prerequisites for a settlement: restoration of the Russian language and the canonical Orthodox Church in Ukraine, neutral non-aligned status, protections for human rights and minorities, recognition of territorial “realities,” an end to sanctions, and the return of state assets.
- She asserts that Kyiv has not removed legal limits on Russian-language use or halted actions against the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
- The ministry maintains that a durable resolution is impossible without ending what it describes as discriminatory policies toward Russian and Russian-speaking communities.