Putin Says He’s Ready to End War Though Rejects Concessions (2)

President Vladimir Putin said he’s willing to discuss bringing Russia’s war in Ukraine to an end, even as he ruled out changes sought by Kyiv and Europe to a US peace plan drawn up with Moscow.

Putin said he had “practically agreed” on proposals for ending the war set out at summit talks with US President Donald Trump in Alaska in August.

“To say that we reject something is completely incorrect and has no basis in fact,” he said Friday at his annual televised news conference in Moscow. “The issue is entirely on the side of our Western opponents, so ...