Everything changes? Putin called an emergency meeting

Putin stressed that any peaceful solution should be based on "removing the root causes" of the conflict, which he said includes meeting Russia's tough demands.

"Senior Kremlin officials, including Putin and Lavrov, have reiterated in recent weeks that the Kremlin refuses to consider any compromises with Putin's demands in late 2021 and early 2022, which include demands that Ukraine remain permanently 'neutral' and not join NATO. Moreover, strict limits should be imposed on the size of the Ukrainian military and the removal of the current Ukrainian government," the Institute for the Study of War said in its analysis.

Putin also said that then U.S. President Joe Biden proposed in 2021 to delay Ukraine's entry into NATO for 10-15 years, but even that did not prevent the Russian invasion, which he said was a response to the threat of a NATO invasion.