+++ Ukraine-Krieg +++: USA schlagen laut Selenskyj Donbass-Rückzug gegen Nato-Beitritt vor

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a limited ceasefire for a specific period during a meeting with US negotiators at the Kremlin. The proposed ceasefire would focus on the contested city of Kostjantyniwka in the Donetsk region. Putin suggested that the city could be secured by a humanitarian operation, bringing hundreds of people to safety.

Russia needs a five-day ceasefire to clear the area of mines, Putin stated at the beginning of the meeting with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Putin assumed Ukraine would try to control Kostjantyniwka, which he himself would support being under Russian control. He emphasized that hundreds of people could be saved in a joint operation between Kiev and Moscow.

International media representatives, including from the United States, would be invited to assess the situation, similar to the approach taken in Oleschky at the end of October. Human rights representatives from Ukraine and Russia had previously led the mission in Oleschky with the mediation of US First Lady Melania Trump. Following the talks with Putin, Witkoff and Kushner plan to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Dublin.

The United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the Russian oil producer Slawneft and a number of organizations and ships related to the energy sector, making it the first country to target ten of Russia's largest oil producers.