(23 Apr 2025)
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++PLEASE NOTE: AP IS OPERATING IN RUSSIA ACCORDING TO RUSSIAN RESTRICTIONS ON ALL REPORTING RELATED TO THE ONGOING MILITARY OPERATION IN UKRAINE++
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ARCHIVE: Moscow, Russia – 13 March 2025
1. STILL of Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov ++OVERLAYS AUDIO IN SHOT 2++
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Moscow, Russia – 23 April 2025
2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin:
"As far as we understand, it has not yet been possible to bring positions on some issues closer together, which is why this meeting did not take place. We continue our contacts with the Americans, we have no contact with the Europeans, and with the Ukrainians as well. Although President Putin remains open to such contacts."
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ARCHIVE: Moscow, Russia – 13 March 2025
3. STILL of Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov ++OVERLAYS AUDIO IN SHOT 4++
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Moscow, Russia – 23 April 2025
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin:
"Russia is still against it, it will effectively amount to the deployment of NATO’s forces and assets to Ukraine. This is actually what was the root cause, one of the root causes, for the start of the special military operation."
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ARCHIVE: Moscow, Russia – 13 March 2025
5. STILL of Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov ++OVERLAYS AUDIO IN SHOT 6++
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Moscow, Russia – 23 April 2025
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin:
"The situation is quite dynamic now, so everything is changing very quickly, and that is why we will inform you on a factual basis in order to avoid any wrong expectations, misunderstandings and so on."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Moscow, Russia – 13 March 2025
7. STILL of Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov ++OVERLAYS AUDIO IN SHOT 8++
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Moscow, Russia – 23 April 2025
8. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin:
"Any drafts of settlement options cannot be public, as soon as they become public they lose their effectiveness, work is conducted in a discrete manner and it should be conducted in silence."
++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++
STORYLINE:
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday commented on the cancelled meeting between top U.S., British, French and Ukrainian diplomats in London.
Peskov said during the phone briefing with reporters that “as far as we understand, it has not yet been possible to bring positions on some issues closer together”.
“We continue our contacts with the Americans, we have no contact with the Europeans, and with the Ukrainians as well. Although President Putin remains open to such contacts,” Peskov said in a call with reporters.
Kremlin spokesman also reaffirmed that Russia continues to oppose the deployment of any European troops to Ukraine as part of a settlement, noting that “it will effectively amount to the deployment of NATO’s forces and assets to Ukraine.”
"This is actually what was the root cause, one of the root causes, for the start of the special military operation," he added.
Commenting on whether Moscow is ready to freeze the fighting along the current line of contact and regarding demands for the recognition of Crimea as Russian as part of a deal, Peskov said that the Kremlin wouldn’t publicly discuss details of the negotiations.
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