‘What Putin had been waiting for’: Moscow buoyant after call with Trump | Vladimir Putin | The Guardian

In Kremlin parlance, this signals that Putin is likely to push for greater territorial control in Ukraine beyond what Russia now holds, as well as demand regime change in Kyiv – conditions that even a Trump administration may struggle to accept. 

Few believe Putin would ever agree to the prospect of tens of thousands of European peacekeeping troops on Russia's border, a scenario proposed by Hegseth on Wednesday… 

"For Putin, a real solution means a Ukraine that is 'friendly' to Russia – deprived of military capability, which has a rewritten constitution and guarantees non-membership in Nato."

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