Europe

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

President Vladimir Putin during his annual news conference in Moscow.Photographer: Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo

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.