UPDATE 1-Putin says he thinks the Ukraine conflict is coming to an end

The Kremlin said last week that it was for European governments ⁠to make the first move, as they were the ⁠ones ⁠who severed contact with Moscow in 2022 after the start of the war in Ukraine.


Reuters | Updated: 10-05-2026 00:23 IST | Created: 10-05-2026 00:23 IST
UPDATE 1-Putin says he thinks the Ukraine conflict is coming to an end

​Russian President Vladimir Putin ‌said on ​Saturday that he thought the Ukraine conflict was coming to ‌an end.

Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine triggered the most serious crisis in relations between Russia and the ‌West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when many ‌people feared the world was on the brink of nuclear war. "I think that the matter is coming to an ⁠end," ​Putin ⁠told reporters of the Ukraine war.

The Financial Times reported on Thursday ⁠that European Union leaders were preparing for potential talks. Asked ​if he was willing to engage in talks ⁠with the Europeans, he said the preferable figure for him ⁠was ​former Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. The Kremlin said last week that it was for European governments ⁠to make the first move, as they were the ⁠ones ⁠who severed contact with Moscow in 2022 after the start of the war in Ukraine.

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