"Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told the state-run Tass News Agency that Putin told Witkoff and Kushner that it was necessary to eliminate "all root causes of the Ukrainian conflict," a phrase routinely used by officials in Moscow hinting at maximalist Russian demands that Ukraine be forced to accept neutrality, cut down its military and abandon any NATO aspirations."
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