Putin won’t negotiate. Russia’s total defeat in Ukraine will end the war

“Putin just needed a formal way to accuse Ukraine of not accepting the offer of “goodwill” and claim that it was Zelensky who refused to talk. On the contrary, Ukraine’s leadership reiterated many times that they are ready to negotiate and even arrange the Zelensky-Putin meeting, but on equal terms,” Vladyslav Faraponov, analyst at Internews Ukraine, on the so-called 'referenda' in the occupied Ukrainian territories.