Putin: US-Ukraine draft could form basis for peace deal

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Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a press conference following the Collective Security Treaty Organization summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Thursday

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President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the outlines of a draft peace plan discussed by the United States and Ukraine could become the basis of future deals to end the war in Ukraine, but that if not Russia would fight on.

Diplomatic efforts to defuse Europe’s deadliest and most devastating conflict since World War Two have been stepped up in recent weeks, with various peace plans emerging from different sides, including the United States and Europe. “In general, we agree that this can be the basis for future agreements,” Putin told a news conference in Kyrgyzstan, adding that the variant of the plan discussed by Washington and Kyiv in Geneva had been passed to Moscow.