The American magazine Newsweek published lists of demands made by Russia and Ukraine to end the war that has been going on between them for 10 months.

The magazine said in a report that the two countries recently discussed how to enter into peace negotiations over the raging conflict between them.

Last Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed - in an interview with a Russian state television station - his willingness to negotiate "some acceptable results with all participants in this process."

"It's not us who refuse to talk, it's them," he added.

For his part, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba spoke last Monday with the Associated Press about hopes for holding a "peace summit" next February, with the aim of ending the ongoing Russian attacks on his country.

"Every war ends in a diplomatic way, and all wars end as a result of actions taken on the battlefield and at the negotiating table," he said.

However, the American magazine believes that the possibility of the end of the war does not appear soon, in any case, given the statements of Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky regarding the conditions necessary to accept a peace agreement.

In its report, the magazine reviewed the demands of both countries as follows:

Russian demands

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday elaborated on what conditions his country deems necessary for peace, saying Ukraine must surrender or the war will continue.

De-Nazification and Disarmament

Lavrov - in his interview with the state news agency (Tass) - repeated the claim that Russia has been making since the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine that one of the fundamental reasons for its war is to counter the spread of neo-Nazism in Ukraine.

He touched again on what NEWSWEEK called the vague terms of "de-Nazification and demilitarization".

Abandon the territories annexed by Russia

Perhaps Russia's main condition for establishing peace is maintaining its control over 4 regions in eastern Ukraine: Kherson, Zaporizhia, Donetsk and Luhansk, which Putin formally annexed last September.


Ukrainian demands

Speaking to the Associated Press about a possible peace summit, Ukraine's foreign minister suggested that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres mediate the proceedings.

But he stipulated that Russia's invitation to attend the summit be subject to trial for war crimes that Moscow allegedly committed in his country, in an international court, a condition that makes it very difficult for the Kremlin to participate in any such summit.

Complete withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine

The Ukrainian president called on his Russian counterpart to withdraw his country's forces from Ukraine as a prerequisite for peace, addressing the leaders of the Group of Seven countries earlier this month that peace will begin when Putin withdraws his forces from Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded by saying that Zelensky's conditions would only lead to "the continuation of hostilities."

Lawrence Reardon, a political science professor at the University of New Hampshire, said - in a statement to Newsweek - that Zelensky has been seeking more material and moral support from NATO "to achieve Ukraine's goal of expelling all Russian occupiers from Ukrainian soil."

punish Russia

The Ukrainian president has on many occasions called for Russia to be subjected to some form of sanctions because of the war, by imposing more sanctions as the United Nations strips Moscow of permanent membership in the Security Council.

Ukraine security

Zelensky also spoke about providing security guarantees to Ukraine as a condition for peace, and the need for concerted international efforts to prevent Russia from launching armed aggression against his country in the future.

No waiver of territory

The Ukrainian president's repeated demands to restore his country's territorial integrity may be the biggest sticking point in any negotiations.

While Putin wants to keep the regions he annexed, Zelensky insists that those lands remain part of Ukraine.

Mark Katz, a professor of government and politics at George Mason University, told Newsweek that Putin was unlikely to agree to Zelensky's terms.

He believed that Putin was not ready to withdraw his forces or abandon the annexation of Ukrainian lands, "even if he loses or never gains them."

Katz claimed that Putin's main goal in saying he is ready to negotiate is to get the United States and NATO to reduce or stop their aid to Ukraine, "at which point he hopes to preserve at least the territory he has already claimed."

And Newsweek reported - quoting the Ukrainian newspaper "Kyiv Post" - that Zelensky appeared to have abandoned at least one demand, which is "Putin's removal from office before holding peace negotiations."