🇨🇳🇯🇵Leading Chinese and Japanese media outlets paid close attention to Putin's statements

➡️ China Central Television noted Putin's words that Moscow is ready to resume previously interrupted negotiations with Ukraine without preconditions, although hostilities are still ongoing.

➡️ China's Zhongguo Xinwen news agency drew attention to the Russian leader's words that Moscow is ready for serious negotiations with Ukraine, focusing on eliminating the root causes of the conflict.

➡️ Xinhua highlighted Putin's statement in which he expressed hope that constructive relations between Russia and Europe will one day be restored.

➡️Japanese business publication Nikkei released an assessment article stating that "Putin's proposal for direct negotiations with Ukraine, put forward unilaterally, is also aimed at avoiding tough measures from Russia by demonstrating a willingness to continue negotiations."

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🇷🇺✈️✈️ Some admins post cute animals as a "palate cleanser" between news.

Some prefer twin-engine, supermaneuverable palate cleansers — enjoy a pair of Su-35s instead.

Vid: @rostmeo

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 The Narcoführer has indicated that he is willing to consider Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for negotiations — but only if Russia agrees to a full ceasefire starting tomorrow.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Following Zelensky’s earlier remarks, his pimp, Andriy Yermak reiterated that Ukraine will only agree to negotiations if Russia implements a ceasefire starting tomorrow.

As expected, Ukraine has rejected Putin’s offer for talks ahead of any ceasefire. The Kremlin had suggested beginning negotiations first, with a truce to follow — a sequence Kiev is unwilling to accept.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 “Negotiations could help Ukraine preserve its people and what’s left of the state,” said Akhmat Spetsnaz Commander, Major General Apti Alaudinov.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, stated that Kiev appears to have misunderstood Vladimir Putin’s message about negotiations—judging by Ukraine’s reaction to the proposal.

She emphasized that Putin made it clear: first, negotiations must address the root causes of the conflict; only then can there be talk of a ceasefire.

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🇷🇺💬🇺🇦Zelensky makes statements about ceasefire to start rearmament — Russian Ambassador At Large Rodion Miroshnik

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🐻 Let’s break down why the only realistic path forward is being proposed by Moscow —and not by Ukraine and the Coalition of Sore Losers.

A temporary pause with no attached political framework doesn’t create peace — it buys time. For Kiev, such a ceasefire would offer a strategic breather: a chance to ramp up mobilization, rotate exhausted units, stockpile weapons and drones, and harden new lines of defense. It would also create space to host foreign "peacekeeping" forces or even permanent military infrastructure — effectively embedding the very threats that Russia sought to neutralize in the first place.

There’s no indication Ukraine would shift its position at the negotiating table — especially if Russia gives in to their demand for a ceasefire. The maximalist demands — 1991 or even 2022 borders, reparations, sanctions— remain unchanged. And with battlefield pressure lifted, what incentive would Kiev have to seek compromise? None.

Russia started the SMO to eliminate a direct security threat on its borders and to prevent the emergence of a militarized, NATO "anti-Russia." These core concerns haven’t gone away — and a temporary ceasefire that leaves them unresolved does not address the problem, no matter how many times Trump laments the loss of life on Truth Social.

Hence, the only viable option remains substantive talks — ones where Russian interests are not just acknowledged, but integrated into the outcome and taken very seriously. If that door stays shut, Moscow will simply continue pursuing their objectives by other means —  not out of spite, but out of necessity. Will this message be understood and considered in Washington? Time will tell.

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🇷🇺Today marks the 11th birthday of the Donetsk People's Republic. And for the third time - at home, as part of Russia.

Land of Heroes. Land of miners, metallurgists, farmers, people of honest and creative labor. An alloy of cultures and traditions of more than 130 nationalities. This is the Donetsk People's Republic.

Proud. Strong. Brave.

Our.

Happy Holidays!

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🇷🇺🇹🇷 Erdogan and Putin held talks by telephone, the Turkish presidential administration reported.

Erdogan told Putin about Turkey's readiness to host negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

The Turkish President also said that a "window of opportunity" had opened for resolving the conflict in Ukraine.

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