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Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Ukraine could be placed under a form of temporary administration to allow for new elections and the signature of key accords with the aim of reaching a settlement in the war, Russian news agencies reported early on Friday.

Excellent strategy, Mister President Putin..

Most powerful man in the world..

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Effer is desperate to subvert an election. Still butthurt from the Orange Revolution rejection of his last poodle.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Ukraine could be placed under a form of temporary administration to allow for new elections and the signature of key accords with the aim of reaching a settlement in the war, Russian news agencies reported early on Friday.

Nope. Not going to happen.

And Putin can talk. What about holding free and fair elections in Russia? You know. Where you don't murder the opposition.

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"Throughout the entire line of military contact, our troops are holding the strategic initiative," he said. Russia, he said, was "persistently and confidently" moving towards achieving its goals.

Well, he is not wrong on this.

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He went from 'I don't want Ukraine to join NATO' to 'I want to appoint a puppet in Ukraine'

Lol is he really complaining that Zelensky has been in power for too long? How delusional is he? This coming from a guy who kills anyone who speak out against him.

And here are some gems from this article:

Russia, Putin said, was in favor of "peaceful solutions to any conflict, including this one, through peaceful means, but not at our expense".

As long as it is on someone else's expense.

persistently and confidently" moving towards achieving its goals.

Master strategist at it again. 3 day operation wasn't it? It's been 3+ yrs.

Putin also said Russia was ready to cooperate with many countries, including North Korea to help end the war in Ukraine

Ah yes, NK the bastion of peace. All is sorted now.

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Putin wants to hog-tie Ukraine, brand it and castrate it, all while Trump holds Ukraine down. Disgraceful.

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Putin conveniently ignores the fact that elections are currently impossible due to his brutal invasion.

Per the Ukrainian constitution, elections are suspended whilst martial law is in place. This is -- despite what our Kremlin automatons will say -- not because "Zelenskyy is a dictator," but something that often happens elsewhere, such as the UK during WWII.

If Putin would really like to move along the political process in Ukraine, he should withdraw his invading hordes. Then, martial law would be lifted and elections could proceed as normal.

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Mr Kipling

"Throughout the entire line of military contact, our troops are holding the strategic initiative," he said. Russia, he said, was "persistently and confidently" moving towards achieving its goals.

Well, he is not wrong on this.

Well they are using civilian vehicles these days to ferry troops. And horses and mules. Troops on crutches on the front lines.

Yeah, going super well for Russia these days.

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North Korea sent another 4,000 troops making the total number 15,000.

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The convicted felon and former Insurrectionist-in-Chief is partially responsible for the Russian attack on Ukraine … he denigrated NATO and attempted to strong arm President Zelenskyy to dig dirt on candidate Joe Biden.

The Trumpian administration is full of Faux News talking heads, election results deniers, insurrectionist, and Kremlin sympathizers.

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Putin's comments on temporary administration appeared to address his long-held complaint that Ukraine's authorities are not a legitimate negotiating partner as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has remained in power beyond the end of his mandate in May 2024.

That is a lie and has been part of Russian propaganda since the start of the conflict. Zelenskyy has far more legitimacy than Putin, and currently holds high levels of support as shown by independent polls. Russia on the hand holds sham elections and Putin eliminates opposition figures. This is a ploy by Putin to sidestep the leadership of Ukraine and weaken US support for it.

He said Russia was steadily moving towards the achievement of its goals in the conflict.

No. They are not advancing. And in some some areas they are being pushed back. Their 3-day SMO has been a massive failure, and they have lost so much equipment they no longer have offensive capability forcing them to rely on North Korea for men and material and donkeys for logistics on the battlefield. They are not winning.

"In my opinion, the newly elected president of the United States sincerely wants an end to the conflict for a number of reasons,"

This is where Putin has had huge success. Trump and those around him repeat Russian propaganda and take on those views thereby supporting Russia's aims. And I think Putin will succeed if he can convince Trump it is in his own political interests to force an unjust peace on Ukraine (read into the quote). In the face of growing European unity and support for Ukraine I'm not sure this ploy will work, but it could fracture NATO which is also one of Russia's aims.

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Per the Ukrainian constitution, elections are suspended whilst martial law is in place.

A very simple question: what articles of the Ukrainian constitution state it? Numbers of the articles?

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"Putin suggests temporary administration for Ukraine, Russian news agencies report."

The keyword is "suggest" put forward for consideration. He never said must be done

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Zelenskyy has far more legitimacy than Putin,

How can you confirm it? Can you? Otherwise, your words are just empty chatter.

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Primusinter

Zelenskyy has far more legitimacy than Putin,

How can you confirm it? Can you? Otherwise, your words are just empty chatter.

Yup. Zelenskyy doesn't murder his opponents. Putin does.

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Artful dodger Putin's plan for Ukraine sounds just the kind of art of the steal that would appeal to Trump's real- estate instincts. Maybe there's a Trump Tower or two and hotels on the "Ukrainian Black Sea Riviera"?

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A reminder that US Presidential elections were held in 1944, during World War II, which ended the following year. So no excuses, really, only manipulative narrative

Because there was no bombing of the American mainland and thus infrastructure was intact. The correct comparison is UK in WW2. Britain, like Ukraine now, was under direct attack and there were no elections.

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A dictator in power for over 20 years calling for elections in a country he violently invaded. Stratospheric levels of hypocrisy and buffoonery.

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Well they are using civilian vehicles these days to ferry troops. And horses and mules. Troops on crutches on the front lines. Yeah, going super well for Russia these days.

Russians are about to be driven back across their borders any day now, any day.

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Western and Ukrainian sources say more than 11,000 North Korean troops have been sent to bolster Russian troops in Moscow's western Kursk region, though Moscow has not confirmed this.

wallace even said: North Korea sent another 4,000 troops making the total number 15,000. Where has he got the information? wallace is a person that read only titles...

Nobody can confirm it. All foto, spread on the net, turned out to be fakes in fact.

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The North Koreans again? lol

whatever happened to the ones that were supposedly captured that we would be shown as “proof”?

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Fos

A reminder that US Presidential elections were held in 1944, during World War II, which ended the following year. So no excuses, really, only manipulative narrative

A reminder that elections weren't held during WW2 for UK and the US until it was pretty much over and Hitler had killed himself.

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until it was pretty much over and Hitler had killed himself.

that was November 1944?

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Isabelle, you have been seeking too long:))) Dear, you quoted a text from the Wikipedia not from the constitution. Evidently you have not noticed that it is not about the president, but about the Verkhovna Rada! The number of the article??? There are two articles must be. Come on! Quote us the lines from the constitution about president.

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Blacklabel

until it was pretty much over and Hitler had killed himself.

that was November 1944?

The UK election was after Hitler had killed himself.

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to be short and exact.

UA citizens needs peace and normal government.

this idea about some "temporary government" is one from suggestions from russian side-lets talk and discuss details about that.

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"The US Presidential elections were held on November 7, 1944, during the final stages of World War 2 which ended the following year." Franklin D. Roosevelt was easily re-elected to an unprecedented fourth term, and the Democratic Party retained their majorities in both chambers of Congress. During the presidential election, Roosevelt was in office for three terms and eleven years, making him the longest-serving President in U.S. history."

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The UK election was after Hitler had killed himself.

You said:

“for UK and the US”

and you inferred the war was “pretty much over” in Nov 1944 cause Hitler had already killed himself.

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NZ

to be short and exact.

UA citizens needs peace and normal government.

this idea about some "temporary government" is one from suggestions from russian side-lets talk and discuss details about that.

Let's not.

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You have to admit, Putin at least is honest on what he wants to do... put a pupet government in Ukraine so "every thing is Rusia".... and ofcourse the pupet administration run by Mango & Cash will say "aye aye, skipper!!"

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Blacklabel

The UK election was after Hitler had killed himself.

You said:

“for UK and the US”

and you inferred the war was “pretty much over” in Nov 1944 cause Hitler had already killed himself.

Whatever. Split hairs if you want.

And the US wasn't being invaded at that time.

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A reminder that elections weren't held during WW2 for UK and the US until it was pretty much over and Hitler had killed himself.

I would suggest you would revise history: Hitler did not kill himself until April 1945. US Presidential elections were held in November 1944

This is what we are saying, the manipulation of narrative done by the US big industrial military complex is evident

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Fos

A reminder that elections weren't held during WW2 for UK and the US until it was pretty much over and Hitler had killed himself.

I would suggest you would revise history: Hitler did not kill himself until April 1945. US Presidential elections were held in November 1944. 

UK elections were after Hitler had killed himself. And the US wasn't being invaded in 1944.

In any case, elections were suspending during most of the war and only when victory was assured, did they have elections.

Should be the same for Ukraine.

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I suggests temporary administration for russia and while we are at it, we should think about the usa too.

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The Ukraine government was elected by the people. It wasn't Zelenskyy who fled to Russia.

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Should be the same for Ukraine.

Sure :) Lets wait until the US administration will loot Ukraine of their minerals and rare earths, thanks to our hero Zelenskyy.

A reminder that the Ukrainian government made it clear that BlackRock, which manages more than $8 trillion in assets, is overseeing its reconstruction process. Only recently, in a speech to a US corporate lobby group, Zelensky thanked JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Elon Musk's Starlink, promising:

“Everyone can become a big business by” buying up Ukrainian assets.

And then you wonder why Washington is asking Kyiv not to hold elections

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JJE

New and fair elections would be welcome.

In Russia, maybe. Putin has been in power for over 25 years.

One of the issues bedevilling Ukraine is the 2014 coup

There was no coup.

and the aftermath of illegitimacy (anyone can compare the 91-14 electoral maps and see the scam here -

No scam.

Witkoff did).

Witkoff is an idiot. He thought the oblasts 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine were Crimea, Donbas and two others. Complete ignorance.

This will help address one of the main underpinning issues: illegitimacy.

Not an issue. Putin's legitimacy not so much.

Secondly, it will help on the road back to Constitutional Neutrality and peace.

Ukraine will never be neutral.

Thirdly, it should assist restoring public decency in a civil war.

Once the Russians leave.

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Imagine being so far down Putin's hole that you don't even believe there are north koreans soldiers fighting in Ukraine. Even though absolutely all intelligence agencies around the world agree there are. And a lot of them have been provably killed. And some captured. Amazing level of brainwash.

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Putin, ever the master, has again volleyed the ball back: this time into Kyiv's court.

The regime won't welcome elections - conflict/war is what it needs to survive. Without foreign money, it collapses like a house of cards.

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