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Putin: There will be no more wars after Ukraine if Europe and the US treat Russia with respect!

2025-12-19 18:43:17Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Putin: There will be no more wars after Ukraine if Europe and the US treat
Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that there will be no more wars after Ukraine if Russia is treated with respect, and claims that Moscow is planning to attack European countries are "nonsense."

In a marathon television event that lasted nearly four and a half hours, he was asked by BBC journalist Steve Rosenberg whether there would be new “special military” operations (Putin’s term for full-scale war).

"There will be no operations if you treat us with respect, if you respect our interests as we have always tried to respect yours," he claimed, quoted by the BBC.

His statements were consistent with a recent comment where he said Russia was not planning to go to war, but was ready "now" if Europe wanted it.

He added the condition: "If you don't deceive us like you deceived us with NATO's eastern expansion."

Putin has long accused NATO of breaking a supposed promise made to the West in 1990, before the collapse of the Soviet Union. This claim was denied years later by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

The war in Ukraine and Moscow's conditions

Although he expressed his "willingness" to end the war "peacefully," Putin showed no signs of compromise. He repeated the demands he had articulated earlier: the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from four partially occupied regions and Kiev's abandonment of its goal of NATO membership.

A key demand remains full control of eastern Donbas, including areas of the Donetsk region that Russia does not control.

Putin claimed that Russian forces are advancing along the front line and mocked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to Kupiansk.

He also called for new elections in Ukraine as part of peace proposals presented by US President Donald Trump, saying Russia would stop bombing during the vote.

Over three million questions

The "Direct Line" marathon combined questions from the general public and journalists from across Russia in a hall in Moscow, with Putin sitting under a giant map of Russia that included the occupied areas of Ukraine, including Crimea.

Putin: There will be no more wars after Ukraine if Europe and the US treat

Russian state television claimed that over three million questions had been submitted.

Although the event was largely orchestrated, some critical comments from the public were shown on the big screen, including one calling the event a “circus,” another complaining about internet outages, and one highlighting the poor quality of tap water. Authorities have blamed the mobile internet outages on Ukrainian drone strikes.

Putin also addressed Russia's weakened economy, with rising prices, falling economic growth and the increase in VAT from 20 to 22% on January 1. One message to the president read: "Stop the crazy price increases on everything!"

The Kremlin regularly uses this year-end event to highlight the economy's resilience and, as Putin spoke, Russia's central bank announced it was cutting interest rates to 16%.

Foreign policy issues were interspersed with reflections on the homeland, praise for local businesses, fish prices, and the importance of caring for veterans.


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