“He wants to throw Europe off the podium.” How genuine is Putin’s new peace offer?

Russia wants to start direct peace conversations with Ukraine – already on Thursday. They have to leave where they stopped in 2022. What was on the table then? Where did it go wrong then? And what did Putin say when he made that proposal? Our abroad journalist Guy van Vlierden mainly remembers the distinction that he made between “colleagues in the West who sincerely strive for peace” – read: Donald Trump – and those who don’t. He just wants to throw Europe off the podium.

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