Military experts: Putin does not want negotiations

This is what analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) say .

According to experts, the rhetoric of Russian President Vladimir Putin indicates that he is not interested in serious negotiations with Ukraine and retains the maximalist goals of the war.

They cite as an example the dictator's statement with propaganda clichés about a "threat to the United States", "Ukraine without sovereignty" and "a battering ram against Russia".

Adding to Putin's statements is the "militant cliche" of the speaker of the illegitimate State Duma of the Russian Federation, Vyacheslav Volodin, who said that "Ukraine is occupied by NATO and the United States."

All of this suggests that the Kremlin is still committed to a military victory in Ukraine and regime change in Kyiv. To reorient Ukraine from the West to Russian control. It also indicates that Putin's goals go beyond those territories that are temporarily under Russian occupation.