Vladimir Putin ruled out allowing foreign peacekeeping troops to be stationed in Ukraine, saying such a deployment would amount to a ‘continuation of war’. (Sputnik/EPA Images pic)MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin indicated Thursday that Russia will not compromise on its hardline demands to end the Ukraine offensive, but offered a short-term ceasefire in a key frontline city during a Kremlin meeting with US envoys.
The Russian president said he would not water down his territorial demands to control parts of Ukraine that Russia claims to have annexed, and ruled out agreeing to foreign peacekeeping troops being stationed in Ukraine -- a deployment that he said would be a "continuation of war".
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were in Moscow after two days of talks in Abu Dhabi searching for a way to end Europe's worst conflict since World War II.
