{"id":612499,"date":"2026-09-07T09:46:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T06:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/09\/612499\/putin-refuses-to-compromise-the-kremlin-demands-four-regions-and-that-ukraine-give-up-nato\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T09:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T06:47:00","slug":"putin-refuses-to-compromise-the-kremlin-demands-four-regions-and-that-ukraine-give-up-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/09\/612499\/putin-refuses-to-compromise-the-kremlin-demands-four-regions-and-that-ukraine-give-up-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin refuses to compromise: the Kremlin demands four regions and that Ukraine give up NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vladimir Putin<\/strong> shows no willingness to make substantial compromises in negotiations to end the war and continues to rely on achieving maximalist goals by military means. That was the conclusion reached by analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW)<\/strong> after a visit to Moscow<\/strong> by U.S.<\/strong> representatives Steve Witkoff<\/strong> and Jared Kushner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

According to the ISW, the Kremlin<\/strong> is maintaining the demands it made back in June 2024<\/strong>. These include the full withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the Luhansk<\/strong>, Donetsk<\/strong>, Zaporizhia<\/strong> and Kherson regions<\/strong>, the so-called \u201cdemilitarization\u201d and \u201cdenazification\u201d of Ukraine<\/strong>, and Kyiv<\/strong>\u2019s renunciation of joining NATO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Kremlin still does not want to make any substantial compromises,\u201d said Putin<\/strong>\u2019s aide Yuriy Ushakov<\/strong> after meeting with the American delegation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Analysts believe that Russian military officers are misleading Putin<\/strong>, exaggerating their successes and depicting Ukrainian defenses as supposedly crumbling. This, the ISW believes, reinforces his confidence that the Russian army will be able to capture the entire Donetsk region<\/strong> by the end of 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the report stresses that Russia<\/strong> will not be able to meet that projected timeline. Since October 2025<\/strong> Russian forces have been fighting for Kostiantynivka<\/strong>, but for 11 months<\/strong> have been unable to establish control over it. In addition, Slovyansk<\/strong>, Kramatorsk<\/strong> and Druzhkivka<\/strong> remain out of their reach.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPutin\u2019s fantasy about the battlefield remains detached from Ukraine\u2019s real defensive capabilities and Russia\u2019s degraded offensive capabilities,\u201d the ISW<\/strong> report says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to the institute\u2019s calculations, the current rate of advance by Russian forces is about 2.91 square kilometers per day<\/strong>. If the pace does not change, the occupation of the remaining territory of the Donetsk region<\/strong> would only be completed on 2 October 2032<\/strong> \u2014 and even then only if Russia is able to achieve that goal at all.<\/p>\n

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Earlier we wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n