2026-09-12? unverified
President Putin [has] laid out his line of what he wants to achieve. If Ukraine wanted to withdraw to that line, then obviously we have the rest of the deal set up and put together. Ukraine right now does not want to do that.
Said online to the YES security conference in Kyiv on September 12, 2026. A mediator’s account of his own mediation: that the remainder of a deal is assembled is uncorroborated, and the line Putin demands is reported to exceed what Russia holds.