Russia aims to buy time and push Ukrainian troops out of the Kursk region to gain a better negotiating position, Executive Director of POLARIS National Security Gabriel Noronha says.
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00:00Firstly, Putin says he's happy to negotiate with Ukraine and agrees with the proposals
00:06of the ceasefire, but there are still lots of questions as our reporter from Moscow was
00:12just outlining.
00:14How does Steve Witkoff and the U.S. delegation actually navigate Russia's demands?
00:20Well, the first thing that's important to understand is Russia doesn't want a simple
00:23and straightforward ceasefire.
00:25They want to attach conditions to it.
00:28They want calls with President Trump to get even more conditions to it.
00:32And what they're doing is they're also stalling for time because they're trying to push the
00:36Ukrainians out of the last bit of Russian territory in Kursk so that they have more
00:42leverage in the final negotiation.
00:44So again, they're not operating in very good faith here.
00:47And the question will be what penalties the United States is going to put on Russia if
00:51they don't agree to this simple ceasefire.