Putin and the proverb about the end of the Ukraine-Russia war: what he said

The end of the war between Ukraine and Russia? Vladimir Putin he responds with a Russian proverb that can be translated not literally as ‘too good to be true’.

“This is what our people say: ‘Like drinking honey with your lips,’” he said at a press conference at the end of the meeting in St. Petersburg of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, underlining that “we strive to put an end to the conflict”.

Yes to the possibility of negotiations in Slovakia

The Russian president then announced that Slovakia proposed to act as a “platform” to possible peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Last December 22, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was in Moscow to meet Putin, the second leader of a European country to do so after the start of the war against Ukraine, after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

“Prime Minister Fico said that if there are negotiations, the Slovaks would be happy to offer us their country’s platform,” Putin explained, underlining that Moscow is “not against” such a proposal.

Between one answer and another, Putin turned the spotlight on one of the key issues: the relationship between Ukraine and NATO. “In 2021, Biden proposed to postpone Ukraine’s entry for 10-15 years”, Putin’s words according to Tass. The freezing of Kiev’s entry into the Atlantic Pact could also be taken into consideration by Donald Trump, who will take office in the White House in less than a month.

Objectives will be achieved in 2025

In the meantime, however, Russia continues to push along the front line, particularly in Donetsk. “We will continue to achieve the objectives of the Special Military Operation also in 2025, it is the absolute priority”, said the president, updated “day and night” on what is happening on the battlefield.

As for the use of Oreshnik hypersonic missiles, “if it turns out to be necessary, and if we see that the use of more powerful medium-range weapons is required, we will obviously use them. But we are in no hurry,” he assured. Putin admitted that “there are not many Oreshnik missile systems at the moment, but they exist.”