MOSCOW (Realist English). President Vladimir Putin convened a video-link meeting of Russia’s Security Council on Friday, bringing together senior officials to discuss the country’s 2026 CSTO chairmanship priorities and a new strategy for countering “neocolonial practices.” Before turning to the agenda, Putin fielded a question from Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko about the widely debated 28-point peace plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump for resolving the Ukraine conflict.
Putin confirmed that Moscow had held preliminary discussions with Washington ahead of his talks with Trump in Alaska and that the U.S. side had asked Russia to “show flexibility” on several components of the earlier draft. He said Russia had agreed to those compromises at the Anchorage meeting.
“We informed all our friends and partners — China, India, the DPRK, South Africa, Brazil, and, of course, CSTO states — and every one of them supported the potential arrangements,” Putin said.
According to the Russian president, a “pause” set in after the Alaska summit because Washington has been unable to secure Kyiv’s consent. He said the new 28-point version of Trump’s plan had been shared with Moscow but is not being discussed “substantively” because the U.S. administration “cannot get Ukraine on board.”
“Ukraine is against it,” Putin said. “Kyiv and its European backers still cling to illusions of delivering Russia a strategic defeat on the battlefield.”
He argued that Ukrainian assessments of the front are detached from reality, citing the recent fall of Kupyansk as an example. While Kyiv claimed earlier this month that only a small Russian contingent was inside the city, Putin said Kupyansk was already “almost entirely in Russian hands” by November 4.
“If Kyiv refuses to discuss President Trump’s proposals, they — together with Europe’s warmongers — must understand that what happened in Kupyansk will inevitably repeat itself at other key points of the front,” he said. “Not as fast as we might prefer, but inevitably.”
Putin added that Russia is satisfied with continuing military operations if necessary, stating that this path “leads to achieving the goals of the special military operation.” At the same time, he reiterated that Moscow remains open to negotiations, provided the details of Trump’s proposal can be discussed “in a substantive manner.”
After the remarks, Putin moved the meeting to its formal agenda, which focused on priorities for Russia’s 2026 CSTO presidency and a national strategy to confront modern forms of neocolonial influence.
