Putin says peace proposals on table, blames Ukraine for attacks
Russian president states readiness for talks but cites Ukrainian strikes on Moscow and polling stations.
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Camera IconPresident Vladimir Putin says the Kremlin will make its decisions based on the interests of Russia. (AP PHOTO) Credit: AAP
Photograph: PerthNow (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Russian President Vladimir Putin said all proposals for a settlement in the war with Ukraine are available for discussion.
- Putin stated Russia was ready to resume negotiations with Ukraine after Russian parliamentary elections.
- He accused Ukraine of launching attacks on Moscow and polling stations, warning of a sustained response.
- Putin also asserted that Russia is not preparing for war with Europe.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 32 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 50 of the 82 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
57/100
Hype
41/100
82 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 5 of the 32 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that all proposals for a settlement in the war with Ukraine remain on the table. He also indicated that Russia was prepared to resume negotiations with Ukraine following the Russian parliamentary elections. Putin accused Ukraine of launching attacks on Moscow and polling stations during the election period. He warned that Ukraine would face a sustained response for these actions.
Disagreement on timing of readiness for talks
PerthNow and rbc.ua report that Putin said Russia had been ready to resume negotiations after last week's Russian parliamentary elections. Stirile Pro TV and ANSA also state Russia was ready for peace negotiations after the elections. However, Obozrevatel states Putin "again accused Ukraine of allegedly ‘disrupting’ negotiations", and Protothema reports Putin stressed that "all proposals for a peaceful settlement are on the table, but Russia must consider which ones are in its interests." Zouglag.gr quotes Putin saying, "We were ready for talks, but new attacks took place - They will suffer the consequences first."
What the coverage left out
None of the left, centre, or right-rated reports mention Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's statement that he asked US President Donald Trump to press Chinese President Xi Jinping to use his influence to get Russia to end its war in Ukraine. Nor do they mention Zelenskiy's statement that the United States is pushing for a three-way meeting involving delegations from the US, Ukraine, and Russia, with officials holding technical talks in that format without the countries' leaders.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 25 Sept 2026, 19:15, and will add the sides that appear.
How other outlets pictured it
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How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
5 rated outlets
- The single left-rated report, from rbc.ua, led with a headline stating "Putin Made a Cynical Statement About Peace Talks with Ukraine". It quoted Putin saying Russia was ready to resume negotiations after the "elections" but that Ukraine had "attempted to strike Moscow and attacked polling stations", which he "fantastised" about. The report also noted Putin called "provocation" statements about the threat of Russia to European countries and the need to prepare for war with it, quoting him saying "Russia is not preparing for war with Europe, for this there are no motives and grounds."
Centre
10 rated outlets
- Centre-rated reports led with Putin stating that all peace proposals for the war with Ukraine remained on the table, but that Russia needed to assess what was in its best interest. PerthNow, Devdiscourse, WTVB, and ANSA all carried this framing. PerthNow and ANSA reported Putin's claim that Russia had been ready to resume negotiations after the Russian parliamentary elections but that Ukraine had launched attacks on Moscow and polling stations. PerthNow quoted Putin saying, "They are the ones who started it. Everywhere, on every front. Are these playthings, child's play?" He added, "They should therefore be made to feel Russia's retaliatory strikes and understand that no provocative actions, no stirring up the situation to secure a result will work. They're only making things worse for themselves."
Right
17 rated outlets
- Right-rated reports focused on Putin's statement that all peace proposals were on the table, but that Russia would weigh its interests. Headlines from The West Australian, The Straits Times, and regionalmedianews.com carried this emphasis. These reports also included Putin's claim that Russia had been ready to resume negotiations but blamed Ukraine for attacks on Moscow polling stations. vz.ru and Interfax.ru highlighted Putin warning Ukraine of Russia's response to provocations. vz.ru quoted Putin stating, "They must feel Russia's counter-attacks and realize that no provocative action, no triggering the situation... will work."
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Putin says peace proposals on table, blames Ukraine for attacks?
- Of the 32 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 16% are rated left, 31% are rated centre, 53% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 82. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Putin says peace proposals on table, blames Ukraine for attacks left or right?
- Neither side dominates it. Of the 32 rated outlets on this story, 16% are rated left, 31% are rated centre, 53% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
- Is the coverage of Putin says peace proposals on table, blames Ukraine for attacks biased?
- Putin says peace proposals on table, blames Ukraine for attacks is one event reported by 82 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Putin says peace proposals on table, blames Ukraine for attacks?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Putin says peace proposals on table, blames Ukraine for attacks?
- 82 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What did Vladimir Putin say about peace talks with Ukraine?
- Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that all proposals for a settlement in the war with Ukraine remain on the table. He also said Russia was ready to resume negotiations after the Russian parliamentary elections but accused Ukraine of launching attacks on Moscow and polling stations, warning of a sustained response.
- Did Putin say Russia is preparing for war with Europe?
- No, Putin stated that Russia is not preparing for war with Europe, asserting that there are no motives or grounds for such a conflict.
- What reason did Putin give for potential delays in negotiations?
- Putin accused Ukraine of launching attacks on Moscow and polling stations during the Russian parliamentary elections. He suggested these actions were provocative and would lead to a sustained response from Russia, implying this would affect the resumption of talks.
Read it at the source
85 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
5- Putin: "Russia Is Not Preparing Attacks Against Europe, We Have No Reason" (opens Il Fatto Quotidiano in a new tab)
Il Fatto Quotidiano — is Il Fatto Quotidiano biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Putin Says: "Russia Does Not Prepare Any Attack on Europe" (opens HuffPost It in a new tab)
HuffPost It — is HuffPost It biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Putin Made a Cynical Statement About Peace Talks with Ukraine (opens rbc.ua in a new tab)
- Putin: We Are Not Preparing for a Conflict with Europe. The Rights of Russian Minorities Are Being Violated in the Baltics (opens Novinky.cz in a new tab)
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- Putin: No Preparation for "some Kind of Struggle with Europe" (opens der Standard AT in a new tab)
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Centre
10- Putin says all Ukraine peace proposals on table, but Russia must weigh its interests, agencies report (opens Devdiscourse in a new tab)
Devdiscourse — is Devdiscourse biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Putin says all Ukraine peace proposals on table, but Russia must weigh ... (opens Reuters in a new tab)
- War in Ukraine: Russia Is Not About to Attack Europe, but Will "Think Well" Before Resuming Talks (opens Sud Ouest in a new tab)
- Russia not preparing for conflict with Europe, Putin says (opens Radio France Internationale in a new tab)
Radio France Internationale — is Radio France Internationale biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Russia not preparing for conflict with Europe, Putin says (opens France24 in a new tab)
- Putin says all Ukraine peace proposals on the table (opens PerthNow in a new tab)
- Putin says all Ukraine peace proposals on table, but Russia must weigh its interests (opens WTVB in a new tab)
- Putin, 'We Were Ready to Resume Negotiations but After Ukrainian Raid We'll Think About It' (opens ANSA in a new tab)
Right
18- Russia not preparing for conflict with Europe, Putin says (opens Arab News in a new tab)
- Russia Doesn’t Prepare for Fights with Europe, Putin Says (opens Reforma in a new tab)
- "Don't Get Us Ready to Fight with Europe" (opens Kronen Zeitung in a new tab)
Kronen Zeitung — is Kronen Zeitung biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Putin says all Ukraine peace proposals on table, but Russia must weigh its interests - Regional Media News (opens regionalmedianews.com in a new tab)
regionalmedianews.com — is regionalmedianews.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Ukraine: Putin Bans Attacks on European Countries but Warns that Peace Dialogue Is Threatened (opens Sapo in a new tab)
- Putin says all Ukraine peace proposals on the table (opens The West Australian in a new tab)
The West Australian — is The West Australian biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Putin: "Don't Get Us Ready to Fight with Europe" (opens Die Presse in a new tab)
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- Putin: No Preparation for "some Kind of Struggle with Europe" (opens Kurier in a new tab)
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- Putin says all Ukraine peace proposals on table, but Russia must weigh its interests (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)
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- Putin Threatens Ukraine: It Will Suffer Consequences for Attacks on Civilian Targets (opens Protothema in a new tab)
Protothema — is Protothema biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Putin Denies that Russia Is Preparing an Attack on Europe Despite Constant Provocations (opens ABC in a new tab)
- Russia Was Ready to Negotiate After the Election, but Kiev Screwed It Up. (opens EADaily in a new tab)
EADaily — is EADaily biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- "After all that they have done, we will think about what we need to do in response." (opens news-pravda.com in a new tab)
news-pravda.com — is news-pravda.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Vladimir Putin Assures Russia Not to Prepare Any Hostile Action Against Europe (opens Le Figaro in a new tab)
- Russia Is Not Preparing for a War with Europe, Says Putin (opens Globo in a new tab)
- Putin Warned Ukraine of Russia's Sensitive Response to Kiev's Provocations (opens vz.ru in a new tab)
- Putin Warned Kiev that It Was Useless to Make Things Worse. (opens Interfax.ru in a new tab)
Interfax.ru — is Interfax.ru biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Putin Stated that Russia Is Not Preparing for Any Fighting with Europe. (opens Interfax.ru in a new tab)
Interfax.ru
Not rated
52- Putin: We Are Not Preparing for a Clash with Europe! He Similarly "Calmed Down" Ukraine 9 Days Before the Invasion (opens blesk.cz in a new tab)
blesk.cz — is blesk.cz biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- “Russia Still Has to Think”: Putin Made Cynical Statement About Peace Talks with Ukraine (opens Unknown in a new tab)
Unknown
- Putin: Ukraine Must Be Punished Before Talks Begin (opens СЕГА in a new tab)
СЕГА
- "We Will Reflect Well. What Vladimir Putin Says About a War of Russia Against Europe (opens Stirile Pro TV in a new tab)
Stirile Pro TV — is Stirile Pro TV biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Putin: Threatens Ukraine that It Will "Bear the Consequences" (opens sigmalive.com in a new tab)
sigmalive.com — is sigmalive.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Vladimir Putin: "We Are Not Preparing for Any Kind of Fighting with Europe" (opens dhnet.be in a new tab)
- Putin: "All Proposals for Peace Are on the Table" - What He Said About Ukraine and Europe (opens Unknown in a new tab)
Unknown
- Russia Is Not Preparing for Conflict with Europe, Putin Claims: He Is Also Reconsidering Direct Negotiations with Ukraine (opens interez.sk in a new tab)
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- Putin Rules Out Strike on Europe. He Says Baltics Are Oppressing Russian-Speaking Minority (opens iDNES.cz in a new tab)
- Putin Assures that He Is Not Preparing Attacks on Europe (opens SIC Notícias in a new tab)
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- Will Russia Enter Into War with Europe? Vladimir Putin Answers (opens RTL Info in a new tab)
- Putin Questioned Resumption of Talks with Ukraine (opens ostro.org in a new tab)
- Putin: Russia Is Not Preparing for Conflict with Europe – What Does This Mean According to Marina Galisova (opens .týždeň in a new tab)
.týždeň — is .týždeň biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Putin: Russia Is Not Preparing for a Clash with Europe, Peace Plans Are Said to Be "on the table." He Sees Violations of Russians' Rights in the Baltics (opens echo24.cz in a new tab)
- Russia not preparing for war with Europe – Putin - The Press United (opens ThePress United in a new tab)
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- Putin Denies Plans of Attacks on Europe: "We Have No Reason" (opens Noticias ao Minuto in a new tab)
Noticias ao Minuto — is Noticias ao Minuto biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Putin: No Preparation for Any Struggle with Europe (opens suedtirolnews.it in a new tab)
suedtirolnews.it — is suedtirolnews.it biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Putin Threatens Kiev with New Consequences After Ukrainian Attacks on Polling Stations in Moscow (opens CNN Greece in a new tab)
CNN Greece — is CNN Greece biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Putin: All Proposals for a Ceasefire in Ukraine Are on the Table (opens Pentapostagma in a new tab)
Pentapostagma — is Pentapostagma biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Putin: Ukraine Will Suffer Consequences for Attacks on Civilian Infrastructure (opens Documento in a new tab)
- Putin: We Will Make Our Decisions Regarding Negotiations with Ukraine in Accordance with Russia's Interests. (opens anlatilaninotesi.com.tr in a new tab)
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- Putin: Russia Was Ready to Resume Talks with Ukraine After the Elections (opens Apa in a new tab)
- Putin: We Were Ready for Dialogue with Ukraine but They Sent 1600 Drones to Moscow – They Also Hit Polling Stations (opens ieidiseis.gr in a new tab)
ieidiseis.gr — is ieidiseis.gr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Putin Opens the Door to Ukraine Talks (opens vienna.at in a new tab)
- Putin Spoke About Possible Negotiations with Ukraine (opens reform.news in a new tab)
reform.news — is reform.news biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Putin Claims Ukraine’s Attacks Disrupted Peace Talks (opens knews.media in a new tab)
knews.media — is knews.media biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Putin Again Spoke About Negotiations - What He Said This Time (opens espreso.tv in a new tab)
espreso.tv — is espreso.tv biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Putin Spoke About Peace Talks with Ukraine: What He Said (opens ТСН.ua in a new tab)
- Putin: "All Proposals for Peace with Kiev Are on the Table, but We Will Judge Based on Our Interests" (opens zougla.gr in a new tab)
- Putin: No Preparation for "Fighting with Europe" (opens ORF.at News in a new tab)
ORF.at News — is ORF.at News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Russia Questioned Whether to Resume Peace Talks, Said Putin (opens istories.media in a new tab)
istories.media — is istories.media biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Putin: Ukraine Will Suffer Consequences for Attacks on Civilian Infrastructure (opens insider.gr in a new tab)
insider.gr — is insider.gr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Putin Claims that Russians' Rights Are Being Violated in the Baltics. But He Says He Is Not Preparing for a Clash with Europe. (opens Aktuálně.cz in a new tab)
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- Putin Claims He Is Not Preparing Any Attack on Europe: Accuses Baltics of Violating Rights (opens topky.sk in a new tab)
- Putin: The Rights of Russian-Speaking People Are Being Violated in the Baltic Countries (opens rmf24.pl in a new tab)
- Putin Spoke About Peace Proposals “on the Table” and Further Steps of the Russian Federation (opens Unknown in a new tab)
Unknown
- Putin: Threatens Ukraine with Consequences for Attacks on Infrastructure (opens Business Daily in a new tab)
Business Daily — is Business Daily biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Russia Is Not Preparing for Combat with Europe, Putin Stressed. (opens oreanda-news.com in a new tab)
oreanda-news.com — is oreanda-news.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Plan for the Settlement of CSBs and the Risk of War with Europe: Putin Addressed the Forum of Uniting Cultures — the Main Statements (opens e1.ru in a new tab)
- PUTIN: Russia Was Ready to Resume Negotiations, but Kiev Tried to Attack Moscow (opens kurir.rs in a new tab)
- Putin: Ukraine will feel our response to its attacks (opens BizToc in a new tab)
- Putin: Russia Is Not Preparing for Any Clash with Europe. We Know About the Violation of the Rights of Russians in the Baltics (opens TA3.com in a new tab)
- Putin Said that Moscow Was "Ready" to Resume Peace Talks with Kiev, but "Ukraine Tried to Strike at Moscow and Attacked Polling Stations" (opens tvrain.tv in a new tab)
- Putin: Russia Was Ready to Resume Talks with Kiev (opens snn.ir in a new tab)
- Putin: Russia Is Not Preparing for Any Hostilities with Europe - Ukraine Must Face the Consequences (opens Capital.gr in a new tab)
Capital.gr — is Capital.gr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- TASS (TELEGRAM) * Putin, Russia Does Not Prepare to War with Europe, There Are No Reasons nor Ragioni - Journalist Agency Opinion. News From Italy - World / Trentino Alto Adige (opens Agenzia giornalistica Opinione in a new tab)
- Putin: Russia Is Not Preparing for Combat with Europe (opens Life.ru in a new tab)
- Putin: Kiev Interrupted the Talks and Wanted to Resume Before the Elections. (opens Life.ru in a new tab)
Life.ru
- Russia Wanted to Resume Talks with Ukraine, but It Attacked Russian Polling Stations, Putin Said (opens Hospodárske Noviny in a new tab)
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- Russia Is Not Preparing for Any Clash with Europe, Putin Said. He Sees Violations of Russians' Rights in the Baltics (opens Hospodárske Noviny in a new tab)
Hospodárske Noviny
- Putin Says that All Peace Proposals for Ukraine Are Under Discussion, but that Russia Weighs Its Interests (opens Terra in a new tab)
- Putin Says Attacks During Russian Elections Removed Possible Negotiations · Global Voices (opens udgtv in a new tab)
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