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On November 8, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko blamed the lack of peace talks between the Kremlin and Ukraine on the unjustified unwillingness of Kyiv:"Ukraine has adopted a law that prohibits it from conducting peace negotiations with Russia. This is their choice; we have always declared our readiness for such negotiations, which were interrupted through no fault of ours." That narrative is misleading. Now, at a point in the war where the United States and some others are suggesting negotiations, it’s worth correcting the record.In fact, Ukraine prohibited negotiations personally with President Vladimir Putin, and for a good reason.This summer, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that talks with Putin would become impossible if Russia tried to annex four provinces partly occupied by Russian forces.Putin went ahead, staging sham referendums in September in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. Together these eastern and southern oblasts make up 15% of Ukraine’s land area.Throughout the spring and summer, various Russian officials claimed the referendums would express the will of the people living in the occupied regions.We have repeatedly said that people themselves should choose their future
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