MORE: The Kremlin has repeatedly rejected European-led security guarantees for Ukraine. Kremlin officials have also called for any future peace agreement to address Russia’s demands that NATO cease expansion and roll back its borders. Russian Presidential Aide Yuriy Ushakov reported that Putin used his call with Trump to make “very detailed arguments” about the importance of adhering to the agreements the United States and Russia allegedly made at the August 2025 Alaska Summit.
Kremlin officials have claimed that the Alaska Summit agreed to principles based on Putin’s June 2024 speech to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), in which Putin demanded the capitulation to Russia’s original war demands of both Ukraine and NATO. Putin also referenced his 2024 MFA speech during a meeting with Russian military commanders on December 27.
ISW continues to assess that Kremlin statements demonstrate that Russia’s goals in Ukraine exceed territorial demands such as the seizure of Donetsk Oblast and that a peace deal that does not address Russian demands of NATO and the West outside of Ukraine will not satisfy Russia, nor lead to a lasting peace that can normalize Russian-European or US-Russian relations.
— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) Dec 29, 2025
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The British energy company bp plans a long-term seismic survey program in the Shah Deniz field, spanning 2026-2035, according to bp-Azerbaijan. Work in the contract area is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2026, Azernews reports.
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We are interested in Russia giving us the money, and that it be reparations. For us, what matters is receiving the money to rebuild our state. And reparations-based loans – we have already resolved this with the Europeans because most of the frozen assets are located there. I am glad they supported our position. We will receive the first 100 billion over the next two years, in equal tranches. If there is no war, we will spend this money on rebuilding our state. If we have to defend ourselves, we will have the money to pay for that defense.
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@ZelenskyyUa) Dec 29, 2025
As for a withdrawal from Donbas, it is no secret that Russia wants this. In their fantasies, they would like us not to exist on the territory of our own country at all. These fantasies have been around for years. But we have our own land, our own territorial integrity, our own state, and our own interests. We will act in accordance with the interests of Ukraine.
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@ZelenskyyUa) Dec 29, 2025