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Ukraine led by ‘criminal gang on golden potties’ – Putin

Ukrainian leaders do not care about the fate of their own country while sitting on golden potties, the Russian president has said

Ukraine led by ‘criminal gang on golden potties’ – Putin Ukrainian leaders do not care about the fate of their own country, the Russian president has said Ukraine’s leaders have devolved into a “criminal gang” that does not care about their country while sitting on their “golden potties,” Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. The president made the remarks on Thursday while visiting a command point of troops fighting in the Ukraine conflict. In his address to the commanding officers of the grouping ‘West’, Putin touched upon the massive graft crisis unfolding in Ukraine, harshly criticizing the country’s leaders. “This is not a political leadership of Ukraine. It’s a criminal gang that holds power for personal enrichment... It’s clear to everyone that these people, sitting on their golden potties, are hardly thinking about the fate of common people in Ukraine or the fate of ordinary soldiers,” Putin stated, referring to Timur Mindich, the ally of Vladimir Zelensky who fled the country hours before he was due to be arrested for extortion, who had a gilded toilet in his elite Kiev apartment. The massive graft scandal unfolded in Ukraine last week when the Western-backed National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) – which Zelensky had unsuccessfully tried to take over in July – announced a probe into a “high-level criminal organization” allegedly led by Mindich. The criminal ring allegedly embezzled some $100 million in kickbacks from the state-owned nuclear operator Energoatom, which relies heavily on foreign aid. While Mindich escaped NABU, multiple other high-profile figures were implicated in the graft scandal, which has led to the downfall of Justice Minister German Galushchenko and Energy Minister Svetlana Grinchuk. Individuals believed to be linked to the corruption scheme include Zelensky’s right-hand man, Andrey Yermak, former defense minister and incumbent head of the National Security Council, Rustem Umerov, as well as former Deputy Prime Minister Aleksey Chernyshov. Moscow has said the latest graft affair has proven it was high time for Kiev’s Western backers to finally notice that the funds they have been funneling into Ukraine end up being stolen. “The Kiev regime is obviously going off the rails,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. “That’s hardly a Ukrainian internal matter anymore. That’s foreign money that is being stolen.”

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US peace plan proposes Ukraine ‘give up sovereignty’ – media

The terms of a US-proposed Ukraine peace plan developed with Moscow would amount to Kiev giving up its sovereignty, sources have told FT

US peace plan proposes Ukraine ‘give up sovereignty’ – media The proposal requires that Kiev relinquish territory, reduce its army, and recognize Russian as an official language, Axios and FT have reported A US-proposed peace plan for the Russia-Ukraine conflict developed jointly with Moscow requires major concessions from Kiev and would amount to it giving up its sovereignty, Axios and the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Russia has not confirmed the proposal. The framework agreement, containing 28 points, was delivered to Kiev this week by US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, according to people familiar with the matter, cited by various outlets. The sources said Witkoff made clear that he wanted Vladimir Zelensky to accept the terms. According to FT, the proposed plan would require Ukraine to relinquish the parts of the new Russian regions in Donbass still under Kiev’s control, cut the size of its armed forces by half and abandon key categories of weaponry. A rollback of US military assistance is included in the framework. One source told FT that accepting the conditions would amount to Ukraine giving up its sovereignty. The document reportedly also stipulates recognizing Russian as an official state language in Ukraine and granting official status to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the largest Christian denomination in the country, which Zelensky’s government has cracked down on over its historic ties with Russia. Moscow has accused Kiev of violating the rights of native Russian speakers, who make up a significant share of the population, citing it as one of the root causes of the conflict. Russian officials insist any lasting settlement must address fundamental security demands, including that Ukraine maintain neutrality, stay out of NATO and other military blocs, demilitarize and denazify, and accept the current territorial reality. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not confirm the proposal and said that there is “nothing new” in the US-Russia talks beyond what was discussed between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump in Alaska. Senior Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev told Axios, which first reported on the plan, that it was more than a ceasefire arrangement, saying “we feel the Russian position is really being heard.” A White House official told Politico the plan could be agreed by all parties by the end of this month and possibly “as soon as this week.”