Kyiv: Amid claims that Russia is planning a major fresh offensive to mark the first anniversary of its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, a report in the international media has claimed that US President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin Offered 20% of the war-torn nation. To end the war has created a political storm. A report published in the Swiss-German newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) and the Washington Post claimed that the director of the CIA, William Burns, offered a fifth region of Ukraine to Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of a peace plan to fight the ongoing war. can be terminated. From President Joe Biden.
Reports claimed that the CIA director secretly traveled to Moscow and briefed the Kremlin about the peace proposal and then traveled to Kyiv and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss the proposal.
In its report published on Thursday, NZZ cited high-ranking German politicians and claimed that Burns presented a peace plan to Russian officials in mid-January to end the war, which began on February 24, 2022 . The Washington Post also reported that Burns was attempting to broker a peace deal between the warring countries but reportedly both Kyiv and Moscow rejected the offer.
NZZ reported that the peace plan offered “about 20 percent of Ukraine’s territory”, but Kyiv rejected the offer “because they are not ready to divide their territory” while Russia said they would “anyway Will win the war in the long run.”
Now the White House has denied this report. US news outlet Newsweek cited Sean DeWett, deputy spokesman for the White House National Security Council, as calling the report “not accurate”. A CIA official also confirmed to Newsweek that reports that William Burns made a secret trip to Moscow in January and made a peace proposal there are “completely false.”
Amid all this, Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said Russia is planning a major new offensive against the war-torn nation on February 24, the first anniversary of Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Kyiv.
The White House and the CIA have responded to a report that CIA Director William Burns called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to hand over Ukraine’s fifth plan to end the ongoing war as part of a peace plan drawn up by President Joe Biden. offered a share.
The minister made the remarks on Wednesday during a visit to France, where he struck a deal to buy additional MG-200 air defense radars, which he said “will be used by the armed forces to detect aerial targets, including cruise and ballistic missiles”. capacity will increase significantly. , and various types of drones”, the BBC reported.
Speaking to the French BFM network, Reznikov claimed that Moscow had mobilized around 500,000 troops for a possible invasion, but also suggested that the actual figures recruited and deployed to Ukraine could be much higher.