Ukraine's foreign minister urges Kremlin to abandon "Spirit of Anchorage" and engage in genuine peace talks
According to Sybiha, instead of making such statements, the Kremlin should focus on genuine negotiations aimed at ending the war against Ukraine.
The minister noted that no one except the Russians themselves fully understands what they mean by the "spirit of Anchorage" when referring to the alleged agreements reached during the meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Alaska in August 2025.
"Reality clearly shows one thing: if the 'spirit of Anchorage' ever existed, it is now certainly dead. For Russia, the lesson of Anchorage is that any peace plan developed without Ukraine is doomed to become a ghost and disappear," Sybiha wrote.
He also stressed that "stop believing in spirits and instead respond to Ukraine's serious proposals to sit down at the negotiating table and end the war."
"The longer Putin refuses to accept the reality that he will never achieve any goals on the battlefield, the worse things will get for Russia," the Ukrainian foreign minister added.
What came before?
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials have repeatedly referred to an agreement in the so-called "spirit of Anchorage," which they claim should serve as the basis for ending Russia's war against Ukraine. In particular, on June 23, the Kremlin leader stated that the "principles" allegedly agreed upon during his meeting with Trump should become Moscow's position in negotiations with Kyiv.
At the same time, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized that no agreements on ending the Russia–Ukraine war were reached during Donald Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska last summer.
As previously reported, on June 4, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi published an open letter to Putin proposing a face-to-face meeting to "end the war."
In response, the Kremlin leader said that he "currently sees no point" in such a meeting. Earlier, Putin had also claimed that any meeting with Zelenskyi should be the final one, intended "for signing an agreement," rather than for negotiating the terms of ending the war launched by Russia.
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