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Putin said today that he’s ready for talks with Ukraine — but based on the Istanbul framework. Putin said on June 23, 2026 that Moscow remains ready to resume peace negotiations with Ukraine on the basis of proposals discussed during earlier talks in Istanbul — Daily Sabah
In 2022 Russia invades Ukraine. Russia launched its full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022; peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine began on February 28, 2022, four days later — Wikipedia
During the invasion, Russia hands Ukraine a draft treaty that says Ukraine has to permanently disarm. The Russian draft dated March 7, 2022 set terms that would have left Ukraine with “a tiny, toothless army” and required severe military restrictions; Carnegie’s Eric Ciaramella described Russia’s aim as “not neutrality, but the neutralization of Ukraine as an independent state” — Radio Free Europe / Systema
Write neutrality into its constitution. A cornerstone of the Istanbul Communique was the establishment of Ukraine as a permanently neutral state, enshrined in the constitution, barring Ukraine from joining military alliances or hosting foreign bases or weapons — Public International Law & Policy Group
Recognize Russian control of a fifth of the country. Putin’s war aims extend far beyond the approximately twenty percent of Ukraine now under Russian occupation; the Kremlin’s terms required Ukraine to recognize Russian control over Crimea and the Donbas — Atlantic Council
Give Russia a veto over the international response if Russia invades again. In later drafts from April 2022, Russia insisted on a veto over any international response to future attacks on Ukraine — Atlantic Council
And that’s the framework Putin keeps pointing to. Putin himself has claimed that the Istanbul talks must be the basis for future negotiations, but Russia’s demands for Ukrainian capitulation in early 2022 made it impossible to achieve a deal that could have stuck — Council on Foreign Relations
Russia will stop at nothing short of the entirety of Ukraine. Putin’s war aims clearly extend far beyond the territory now under Russian occupation and involve the takeover of the entire country along with the systematic suppression of Ukrainian identity — Atlantic Council