Putin made statements on the conditions to end the war, a peace plan, and addressed the possibility of seizure of the Russian frozen assets

Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a press conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, at the end of his three-day visit to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Summit.

Vladimir Putin has said he is ready to end the war — but only on the condition that Ukrainian forces withdraw “from their positions.”

According to Putin, Russia will end the war “immediately” if the Ukrainian military “leaves the positions they are occupying.”

“Ukrainian troops — if they withdraw from the occupied territories, then we will stop hostilities. If they do not withdraw, we will achieve this by military means. The amount of territory being returned is increasing, the pace is increasing,” he said.

Earlier, Putin commented on claims that Russia might attack Europe. He accused “fraudsters” of spreading “lies” and “nonsense” on this topic.

“However, if this is being pushed into the public mind, if they have scared their citizens and want to hear that we are not going to attack, that we have no aggressive plans toward Europe — fine, we are ready to confirm this as soon as possible,” the Kremlin leader said.

In terms of negotiations, the Russian President said that any talks with the United States must include the legal recognition of Crimea and the occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts as Russian territory.

He was responding to reports that the U.S. might recognize these regions de facto but not de jure.

Putin said this issue should be “one of the key points” in talks with Washington.

He dismissed the idea of negotiating an end to the war with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stating he would rather strike a deal with "key international players" who have global influence. According to him, a direct agreement with Kyiv is not currently viable.

Putin emphasized that an agreement with Ukraine is now "practically impossible" and "impossible legally," asserting that signing any documents with the current Ukrainian leadership would be "pointless."

The Russian leader justified this stance by claiming that the Ukrainian leadership lost its legitimate status when it chose not to hold presidential elections. He called this decision a "fundamental, strategic mistake." Putin concluded by emphasizing that while he is open to anyone conducting talks, any decisions reached must ultimately be recognized and respected by major international actors.

Also Valdimir Putin touched on the Russian frozen assets in Europe. He said that the seizure of these assets would be considered theft. The Russian government is developing a package of measures in response.

Putin attempted to intimidate Europe with dire consequences for confiscating the aggressor country's assets.

"It’s clear that this will have negative consequences for the global financial system, because confidence in the eurozone will plummet, plummet. And against the background of economic difficulties, where the locomotive of the European economy — Germany — has been in recession for the third year, it will be a difficult test, I think," Putin said.

US will discuss Ukraine`s security guarantees after peace deal is signed - Rubio

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told European allies that Washington will discuss long-term security guarantees for Ukraine only after a peace agreement is signed, Politico reported on November 27.

Ukraine insists that any deal must include binding guarantees to prevent Russia from launching a new attack after a ceasefire.

Rubio said that President Donald Trump plans to address these guarantees once an agreement is reached. A European diplomat added that unresolved issues — likely Ukraine’s territorial integrity and frozen Russian assets — would also be handled after the deal.

What guarantees the U.S. might provide remain unclear. Trump has ruled out sending American peacekeepers, while Russia has said any foreign troops in Ukraine would be considered targets. Some European allies, however, are ready to deploy peacekeepers after a ceasefire.

This discussion follows Washington’s mid-November peace proposal to Kyiv, criticized for terms seen as favoring Russia. The original 28-point framework was reduced to 22 after Geneva talks.

A Ukrainian official told CNN that Kyiv rejected three parts of the draft: withdrawing from the unoccupied part of Donbas to Russia, reducing the army to 600,000 troops, and abandoning the prospect of NATO membership.

Russians executed five Ukrainian POWs in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

At least five Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) were reportedly executed by Russian soldiers following a chaotic Ukrainian withdrawal near Huliaipole in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Oblast on November 27.

The analytical group DeepState stated that the Ukrainian soldiers were captured and shot dead on November 26 near the village of Zelenyi Hai in the Huliaipole sector. DeepState reported on Telegram, "The enemy captured the soldiers in the forest, lined them up, and shot them after interrogation."

Vladyslav Voloshyn, Spokesperson for the Southern Defense Forces, speaking to a media outlet, confirmed on November 27 that Ukrainian forces had withdrawn from positions in the area. He specified that one unit "withdrew from the occupied positions in an uncoordinated manner," exposing the flank of an adjacent unit to the enemy, who exploited the situation along with difficult weather conditions.

Voloshyn did not immediately confirm the POW executions, stating that details were "currently being clarified and verified," but he acknowledged several Ukrainian soldiers were missing. He added that if evidence of a war crime is found, "Ukraine will contact the relevant human rights and judicial bodies to punish the perpetrators."

Later that day, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office confirmed that five Ukrainian POWs were "shot in cold blood" by Russian forces.

DeepState reported that the scale of executions may be larger, detailing another incident where four Ukrainian drone pilots were captured and shot in the rear in a forest strip "the day before yesterday," adding to the "chaos" surrounding the withdrawal.

These events occurred as Russian infiltration groups reportedly reached the outskirts of Huliaipole. The situation was said to have "stabilized" on November 27.

Executing POWs is a violation of the Geneva Conventions and constitutes a war crime. Russian forces have a pattern of executing Ukrainian soldiers. The Prosecutor General's Office reported on October 6 that Kyiv is investigating evidence that Russian forces have executed at least 322 Ukrainian POWs.

In a separate, previous incident on November 15, DeepState reported that Russian troops shot dead two captured Ukrainian troops on the outskirts of Zatyshshia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The perpetrators in that incident were reportedly eliminated by a Ukrainian FPV drone about 20 minutes later.