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DRM News's Kremlin footage captures the warning to US envoys, while a follow-up report describes openness to European participation in negotiations.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 216,871 views a day, 80 times a normal first day on this channel (2,697).
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- 0:00Putin argues that unresolved border disputes and territorial gray zones prevent lasting peace.
- 2:05He proposes civilian evacuations from Kostiantynivka, referring to an earlier plan in Oleshky.
- 4:00He proposes international journalists and human rights ombudspersons overseeing evacuations and assessing territorial control.
- 7:05Putin rejects any foreign troop presence in Ukraine, calling it a threat to Russian national security.
- 8:11The title's warning arrives: Putin says European troops deployed after a peace deal would become targets, restarting war.
- 13:36Witkoff expresses optimism about negotiations and refers to a forthcoming major prisoner exchange.
Europe at the negotiating table, but no European troops on Ukrainian soil: that is the distinction emerging from DRM News's coverage of the Kremlin talks.
Meeting US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow, Vladimir Putin warns that deploying European forces after a Ukraine peace agreement would restart the conflict. Through an interpreter, he says: "In that latter case, they would be a legitimate target for us, and the war would immediately resume."
The warning comes roughly eight minutes into the recording. Earlier, Putin argues that unresolved territorial disputes prevent lasting peace. He also proposes civilian evacuations from Kostiantynivka, with international journalists and human rights ombudspersons invited to oversee them. These are proposals he sets out, not completed arrangements.
Witkoff later strikes a more optimistic note, speaking of progress in negotiations and a forthcoming major prisoner exchange. In a follow-up upload, DRM News reports a US envoy saying Putin is willing to try negotiations involving European countries. Participation in talks and a military deployment remain separate questions in these accounts.
The Kremlin recording drew about 170,000 views within 15 hours, far beyond the channel's usual start for a regular video. Another upload of the Moscow talks and footage of the envoys meeting Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Dublin also drew unusually large early audiences.
DRM News's Dublin coverage follows the diplomacy beyond Putin's warning, with security guarantees and Europe's role among the subjects on the agenda.
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The Kremlin recording is drawing views far faster than DRM News's regular uploads usually do. Other videos following the same diplomatic talks also had unusually strong starts.
