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Zelenskyy dismissed the 2022 Istanbul negotiations as a sham, claiming Putin simply offered Ukraine surrender terms including freezing the conflict and giving up independence.

Brussels, Ukraine
Likely Reported by 3 independent sources
Kyiv Independent Ukrinform UNIAN

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Putin offered Ukraine surrender, freeze the conflict, shift allegiance to Russia, and give up independence

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The so-called 'Istanbul agreements' are Russia's ultimatum to surrender Ukraine and do not exist in reality

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Putin said Russia would test the Oreshnik missile, a new missile, for example somewhere over Kyiv, and that they would test air defense to see what would happen

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Putin claimed that no one can intercept the Oreshnik and proposed to 'test this in Kyiv'

UNIAN → Source tone: uncertain

The range of the Oreshnik is up to 5,500 kilometers and new anti-missile systems in Poland will not intercept the Oreshnik in the air

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

On November 21, Russians struck Dnipro with the Oreshnik and Ukraine has no means to intercept this missile

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Extracted: 2026-03-21T05:26:44.882Z

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