Russian President Vladimir Putin, having raised the specter of a major military assault in an apparent bid to secure diplomatic concessions from Ukraine and NATO, might just have blinked.
"We are ready to work further together,” Putin said during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. “We are ready to go down the negotiations track.”
“So far, we have not seen any de-escalation on the ground, not seen any signs of reduced Russian military presence on the borders of Ukraine, but we will continue to monitor and to follow closely what Russia is doing,” Stoltenberg said. “The signs coming from Moscow about willingness to continue to engage in diplomatic efforts — that gives some reason for cautious optimism.”
Lavrov claimed that his recommendation was based on some new sign that Western officials were prepared to make concessions that they had refused to offer previously.
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