Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, that Moscow will stop military operations in Ukraine if Kyiv's forces agree to withdraw from the territories claimed by Russia. «If the Ukrainian troops leave the occupied lands, we will stop the fighting. If they do not leave, we will expel them by military force,» Putin stated. These remarks come after the United States presented a plan last week to end the war, which is widely seen as largely meeting the Kremlin's demands. It was previously reported that the document was amended last weekend after consultations with the Ukrainians and is expected to be submitted to Moscow.
