Medvedev wants Ukraine to surrender: Putin confidant talks about Russia's peace formula. Russian peace formula is hardly a serious basis for negotiations in the Ukraine war.

Russia’s propaganda has been massively expanded, according to a study by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) Medvedev's demands could also be described as an ultimatum, perhaps an attempt at resistance against Ukraine's rigid position. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's "Wartime" position is rigid and rigid.