<h1>Peace terms requiring territorial withdrawal and military limits, while economic pressure and arms transfers shape negotiations.</h1> Russia affirms openness to a negotiated settlement with Ukraine but insists that its strategic objectives be satisfied, including Ukrainian withdrawal from the four territories annexed in 2022, renunciation of NATO accession, and legally enforceable limits on Ukraine's armed forces. Simultaneously, external actors have threatened economic measures to compel a ceasefire and signalled renewed transfers of defensive weapons and procurement by allies to replenish Ukrainian capabilities.