The chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, Republican Tom Cotton, has described Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demand that NATO troops be withdrawn to the “1997 borders” as “absurd”.
In a post on social media platform X, Cotton stated that Putin had “once again proved that he is not serious about seeking peace through negotiations”. In the senator’s view, further negotiations at this stage are a “farce”.
Cotton believes that the Kremlin leader will only agree to end the war when he realises he cannot win. “We must help Ukraine prove this,” the senator added.
The original version of this article first appeared on Glob-News.com.