Russian President Vladimir Putin has floated the idea that Ukraine should temporarily be placed under UN control.
Putin suggested the idea that the United States and European countries should place Ukraine under UN control to hold elections in Ukraine.
Putin stated, “This would be in order to hold democratic elections, to bring to power a capable government trusted by the people and then to begin with it talks on a peace agreement and sign legitimate documents.”
A White House spokesperson has rejected Putin’s proposal.
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Check out what BBC reported:
Vladimir Putin has suggested that Ukraine should temporarily be placed under UN control to elect what he called a more “competent” government.
It is the latest attempt by the Russian president to challenge the legitimacy of the Kyiv government.
Ukraine accused Putin of proposing “crazy” ideas to delay further movement towards a peace deal – being championed by US President Donald Trump.
The White House insisted Ukraine’s governance would be decided by its constitution and people.
Putin’s remarks come as the US seeks to broker a ceasefire in the full-scale war with Ukraine, now into its fourth year.
On Tuesday the White House said the two sides had agreed to a limited truce in the Black Sea.
But Russia then put forward a list of conditions including lifting of some Western sanctions, prompting concerns that Moscow was trying to derail any moves towards a ceasefire.Speaking to the crew of a nuclear-powered submarine in the far north Russian city of Murmansk, Putin said a temporary administration under the auspices of the UN could be discussed “with the United States, with European countries, and of course with our partners and friends”.
“This would be in order to hold democratic elections, to bring to power a capable government trusted by the people and then to begin with it talks on a peace agreement and sign legitimate documents,” he added.
Putin proposes to introduce temporary administration in Ukraine under the auspices of the UN and several countries in order to hold elections. pic.twitter.com/OC0KJjLTSU
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Per The Guardian:
This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.Vladimir Putin has suggested Ukraine could be placed under a temporary UN-led government to organise fresh elections as both Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of breaching an energy ceasefire agreed this week.
The idea was quickly rejected by a US spokesperson, and it was not clear how far it was meant to be taken seriously, given that the Kremlin clarified that Putin had not raised this idea in recent phone calls with Donald Trump.
ADVERTISEMENTBut the remarks indicate that any negotiated end to the war in Ukraine is some way off as Russia continues to add conditions to achieving a settlement while Kyiv has said it would sign up to a 30-day ceasefire if Moscow agreed.
Putin said the idea would be to allow Ukraine to “hold democratic elections, to bring to power a viable government that enjoys the trust of the people, and then begin negotiations with them on a peace treaty” – though he later said that was just “one of the options”.
