Kremlin advisor voices putin's demands for deal with Trump – Corrierre Della Sera

The russian-American bilateral plan to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine must be adopted without Ukraine and Europe, which is a matter of principle for the kremlin. Dmitry Suslov, deputy director of the Center for European and International Studies at the Higher School of Economics and a long-time kremlin adviser on foreign policy, has stated this, the Corrierre Della Sera reported.

Suslov noted that russian dictator vladimir putin now has fewer claims, but the ban on Ukraine joining NATO remains unchanged. According to the kremlin advisor, the commitment not to join the North Atlantic Alliance is an "inevitable prerequisite" for any ceasefire. The final agreements should include the demilitarization of Ukraine and constitutional reform with the federalization of the country, Suslov said.

"There are two possible options. The first is for both presidents to adopt a Russian-American bilateral plan to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine. This is fundamentally from the Kremlin's point of view: an understanding between us and the United States, without Ukraine and Europe. This plan may include the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the areas of Donbas where they are still present, as well as the withdrawal of russian troops from the Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv Regions, while the front line in other areas will not change," the kremlin adviser said.

At the same time, russia is currently ready to talk about a ceasefire and is demanding "a little less than a year ago." Suslov said that if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy does not agree, the United States will stop providing military assistance to Kyiv and supplying weapons to Europe.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on August 12, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul stressed that violence should not change borders.

On August 11, US President Donald Trump explained why he had not tightened sanctions and imposed tariffs against the aggressor country russia, as he had repeatedly said before.

On August 10, The New York Times reported that the meeting with Trump was an ideal opportunity for putin to end the war on his own terms and split NATO.