Putin says US plan for Ukraine could form the basis for a final peace settlement

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday cautiously welcomed a U.S. proposal to end Moscow’s nearly four-year war in Ukraine, saying it “could form the basis of a final peace settlement." Putin said Moscow had received the plan, which he called “a new version” and “a modernized plan," which he said “could form the basis for a final peace settlement.” "But this text has not been discussed with us in any substantive way, and I can guess why,” Putin said in Moscow.