Kazakh leader to Putin: The Ukraine war should end
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attend the 22nd Russia–Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum in Omsk, Russia, July 25, 2026. SERGEI SAVOSTYANOV / VIA REUTERS Kazakhstan's president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told Russia's Vladimir Putin Saturday, July 25, that the Ukraine war should end, calling for the conflict to be "frozen," in a rare face-to-face comment to the Russian leader. Kazakhstan is an ally of Russia but has never expressed support for Moscow's Ukraine offensive, which has rattled the Kremlin's partners in Central Asia.
- ▪Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attend the 22nd Russia–Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum in Omsk, Russia, July 25, 2026.
- ▪SERGEI SAVOSTYANOV / VIA REUTERS Kazakhstan's president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told Russia's Vladimir Putin Saturday, July 25, that the Ukraine war should end, calling for the conflict to be "frozen," in a rare face-to-face comment to the Ru
- ▪Kazakhstan is an ally of Russia but has never expressed support for Moscow's Ukraine offensive, which has rattled the Kremlin's partners in Central Asia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attend the 22nd Russia–Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum in Omsk, Russia, July 25, 2026. SERGEI SAVOSTYANOV / VIA REUTERS Kazakhstan's president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told Russia's Vladimir Putin Saturday, July 25, that the Ukraine war should end, calling for the conflict to be "frozen," in a rare face-to-face comment to the Russian leader. Kazakhstan is an ally of Russia but has never expressed support for Moscow's Ukraine offensive, which has rattled the Kremlin's partners in Central Asia. "How to get out of this situation? Nobody knows, because there are the positions of both sides.
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