Moscow: Some Peace Proposals on Ukraine Contain ‘Ideas That Could Work'

Ukrainian soldier repairs a Russian tank seized by the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk region (Reuters)
Ukrainian soldier repairs a Russian tank seized by the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk region (Reuters)
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Moscow: Some Peace Proposals on Ukraine Contain ‘Ideas That Could Work'

Ukrainian soldier repairs a Russian tank seized by the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk region (Reuters)
Ukrainian soldier repairs a Russian tank seized by the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk region (Reuters)

Peace initiatives on the Ukrainian conflict settlement proposed by various countries contain ideas that could work, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS.

"There are interesting ideas, which may work. There are ideas that are in sync with our approaches, and, for instance, it includes the Chinese initiative," said Zakharova.

Zakharova emphasized that the primary issue lies in the obstruction of such initiatives by Kiev.

For his part, Russia's President Vladimir Putin has rejected reports of Ukrainian successes on the front lines.

“At no point have they achieved their goals,” Putin said while peaking at an economic forum in St. Petersburg.



US Will Not Return Nuclear Weapons to Ukraine

A Ukrainian serviceman from an anti-drone mobile air defence unit uses his mobile device near a ZU-23-2 anti aircraft cannon as he waits for Russian kamikaze drones, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson region, Ukraine June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko/File Photo
A Ukrainian serviceman from an anti-drone mobile air defence unit uses his mobile device near a ZU-23-2 anti aircraft cannon as he waits for Russian kamikaze drones, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson region, Ukraine June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko/File Photo
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US Will Not Return Nuclear Weapons to Ukraine

A Ukrainian serviceman from an anti-drone mobile air defence unit uses his mobile device near a ZU-23-2 anti aircraft cannon as he waits for Russian kamikaze drones, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson region, Ukraine June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko/File Photo
A Ukrainian serviceman from an anti-drone mobile air defence unit uses his mobile device near a ZU-23-2 anti aircraft cannon as he waits for Russian kamikaze drones, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson region, Ukraine June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko/File Photo

The United States is not considering returning to Ukraine the nuclear weapons it gave up after the Soviet Union collapsed, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday.

Sullivan made his remarks when questioned about a New York Times article last month that said some unidentified Western officials had suggested US President Joe Biden could give Ukraine the arms before he leaves office, Reuters reported.

"That is not under consideration, no. What we are doing is surging various conventional capacities to Ukraine so that they can effectively defend themselves and take the fight to the Russians, not (giving them) nuclear capability," he told ABC.

Last week, Russia said the idea was "absolute insanity" and that preventing such a scenario was one of the reasons why Moscow sent troops into Ukraine.

Kyiv inherited nuclear weapons from the Soviet Union after its 1991 collapse but gave them up under a 1994 agreement, the Budapest Memorandum, in return for security assurances from Russia, the United States and Britain.