Putin expressed readiness for talks on peace in Ukraine during a meeting with Orban
The Russian President says if Ukraine desires peace, it must cede its four regions in the east and south, which Moscow claims belong to Russia, to this country
Vladimir Putin made these remarks on Friday, July 6, after meeting with Viktor Orban, the Prime Minister of Hungary, and at the same time stated that Moscow is in talks for the complete withdrawal of its forces from the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, as well as the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions
In September 2022, Mr. Putin signed the formal annexation agreement of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics and the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, declaring that these territories officially become part of Russian soil
The Hungarian Prime Minister traveled to Moscow on Friday as part of a scheduled visit and met with the Russian President at the Kremlin
The news of this trip was reported by Radio Free Europe on Thursday, citing an unnamed Hungarian government official