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National News See other National News Articles Title: Putin Lays Out Demands For Cease-Fire In Call With Turkey's President Update (2120ET): In a Thursday conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly outlined the conditions for ending his invasion of Ukraine. According to a BBC report, a Turkish official who listened to the call between the two leaders said that Putin would end his invasion if several conditions are met including a promise that Ukraine will remain neutral and not join NATO. Erdogan's leading adviser and spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, said Russia is also calling for Ukraine to undergo a disarmament process to mitigate threats to Russia in the future as well as legal protections for the Russian language in Ukraine. Additionally, Putin reportedly desires promises related to the "Denazification" of Ukraine. Putin, according to the report, is also asking for face-to-face negotiations with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to hammer out his demands which Zelenskyy has previously stated he is not opposed to. According to Kalin, there were other conditions Putin listed that he did not go into much detail about but he believes they will involve territories that have broken away from Ukraine in the eastern Donbas region. The report states that it is "assumed" Putin will ask Ukraine to give up territory in the east and formally recognize that Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014, is a part of Russia. The demands are in line with previous reporting that stated Putin has told Ukrainian officials he will end his invasion if six major conditions are met. News of Putin’s willingness to negotiate an end to the war comes as his invasion enters its fourth week. * * * Update(1553ET): President Joe Biden in a Thursday St. Patrick's Day luncheon event on Capitol Hill called called Vladimir Putin a "murderous dictator" and "pure thug" - in his harshest words yet for the Russian leader since the start of the Ukraine invasion. Biden called Putin "a murderous dictator, a pure thug who is waging an immoral war against the people of Ukraine." In separate remarks just before that event, the US president had described "Putin's brutality and what he's doing and his troops are doing in Ukraine is just inhumane." In another big development an American citizen has been killed in Ukraine - a first - reportedly amid Russian shelling of the northern city of Chernihiv. Both the US and Ukrainian governments are confirming, with the State Department saying "We offer our sincerest to the family on their loss." The statement said, "Out of respect to the family during this difficult time, we have no further comment." Some of the latest wire headlines: WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT IS A HIGH CONCERN OF THE U.S. THAT CHINA MAY PROVIDE RUSSIA WITH MILITARY EQUIPMENT WHITE HOUSE SAYS BIDEN, IN CALL WITH CHINA'S XI, WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO ASSESS WHERE XI STANDS ON RUSSIA IN UKRAINE WHITE HOUSE SAYS FACT CHINA HAS NOT DENOUNCED WHAT RUSSIA IS DOING SPEAKS VOLUMES U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN SAYS BIDEN WILL MAKE CLEAR TO XI THAT CHINA WILL BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ACTIONS IT TAKES TO SUPPORT RUSSIA'S AGGRESSION U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN SAYS CONCERNED THAT CHINA IS CONSIDERING DIRECTLY ASSISTING RUSSIA WITH MILITARY EQUIPMENT U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN SAYS WE WILL NOT HESITATE TO IMPOSE COSTS ON CHINA GERMANY WILL SEND MORE TROOPS TO NATO'S EASTERN FLANK: BAERBOCK * * * Update(11:30ET): Regional media correspondents are reporting that Ukraine is seeking Turkey's help in advancing high level talks toward a possible Ukraine-Russia ceasefire deal, to include a meeting between Putin and Zelensky, however unlikely this might be. According to Middle East Eye: Ukraine wants Turkey as one of the guarantors of a possible deal with Russia, Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu says, who is visiting Kyiv right now. "Russia has no objection to this," he says. Ukrainian foreign minister Kuleba says Kyiv sees Turkey among the guarantor powers. "Erdogan had a phone call with Putin today," Cavusoglu said. "Putin and Zelensky should meet" - though given there's been no significant pause in Russia's advance on the battlefield, an actual Putin-Zelensky meeting seems a far fetched scenario at this point. Also on Thursday the Kremlin has lashed out at Washington, expressing outrage over the waves of US-backed sanctions which have served to isolate Russia economically and diplomatically - now far beyond even the height of Iran sanctions. "Russia warned the United States on Thursday that Moscow had the might to put the world's pre-eminent superpower in its place and accused the West of stoking a wild Russophobic plot to tear Russia apart," Reuters reports. The report described further: Dmitry Medvedev, who served as president from 2008 to 2012 and is now deputy secretary of Russia's Security Council, said the United States had stoked "disgusting" Russophobia in an attempt to force Russia to its knees. "It will not work - Russia has the might to put all of our brash enemies in their place," Medvedev asserted. Undated video of Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft reportedly attacking a Russian military column. It appears one drops a bomb before the second crashes. This most likely occurred in Kherson. https://t.me/milinfolive/78 https://twitter.com/i/status/1504449198745432066 WESTERN OFFICIAL SAYS THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN PUTIN'S REMARKS WOULD BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING HE IS NOT IN A MOOD TO COMPROMISE U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY AUSTIN SAYS A UKRAINE NO-FLY ZONE MEANS YOU ARE IN A CONFLICT WITH RUSSIA U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY SAYS DOES NOT HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS ON NEW AIR DEFENSES, WHEN ASKED ABOUT POSSIBLE S-300S AUSTIN: DRONES EFFECTIVE IN COUNTERING RUSSIAN FIRE Destroyed Ukrainian S-300PS air defense system in Svatove. https://t.me/ChDambiev/14094 https://twitter.com/i/status/1504451671975473153 Poster Comment: US Intel estimates of Russian losses are BS. Odessa is a majority Russian speaking city on the coast of the Black Sea. It is a major port. Mater of days before it and Mauripol fall. The second largest city in the Ukraine speaks Russian. Sevastopol is in Crimea now Russian Federation.) Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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