Kurt Volker to Newsmax: Putin Wants to Keep Fighting in Ukraine

Russia’s demands to end the war in Ukraine simply show President Vladimir Putin wants to continue fighting, Amb. Kurt Volker told Newsmax on Wednesday.

Volker, former ambassador to NATO and former special representative to Ukraine, appeared on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America” to discuss the state of negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S., which is trying to help end the war that began with Moscow’s unprovoked invasion in February 2022.

Host Marc Lotter listed some of Russia’s hard-line demands and asked Volker whether Moscow’s offer resembled anything close to what ultimately will be agreed upon when the war ends.

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