MOSCOW. June 14 (Interfax) - Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has objected to interpreting President Vladimir Putin's new proposals on putting an end to the conflict in Ukraine as an ultimatum.
"No, this is not so, this is an incorrect understanding, definitely. This is precisely a peace initiative," Peskov told Izvestia in commenting on Vladimir Zelensky's remark calling Putin's new proposal an ultimatum that did not differ from Russia's previous terms.
"The situation was different in spring 2022, and a draft peace treaty was prepared, but the Ukrainian side then rejected it on the Britons' command," he said.
"The situation today is obviously different de facto and de jure, where, as the president said, you can't ignore the four new territories that have become part of the Russian Federation in line with international law and are now an inseparable part of the Russian Federation," he said.
"The situation will also be different down the road, and the Ukrainian side simply needs to think twice here, but this truly is Putin's peace proposal," he said.
"This is a comprehensive, very profound, and constructive proposal," Peskov said.