Polish foreign minister lambasts Putin over demands on Ukraine
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has strongly criticised Russian President Vladimir Putin over his recent demands that Ukraine forgoes its plans to join NATO and gives up a large part of the country to Russia as a condition for ending the hostilities.
"If Vladimir Putin makes peace conditional on Ukraine promising not to join NATO then surely Ukraine has the right to demand that Russia doesn't make a military alliance with China," Sikorski wrote on the X platform on Saturday.
"Russia's neighbours also have security interests," he added.
On Friday, the eve of the summit on peace held in Switzerland on Saturday and Sunday, Putin said Russia would end its war in Ukraine if Kyiv handed over four provinces claimed by Moscow and gave up its ambitions to join NATO.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Putin's offer an ultimatum that cannot be trusted.
Polish President Andrzej Duda said Putin had made "shocking demands" and "exorbitant territorial claims." (PAP)
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