New Delhi, May 10 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday (local time) said that he thought the Ukraine war was coming to an end, remarks that came just hours after he had vowed victory in Ukraine at Moscow's most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years.

Speaking to reporters, Putin said, "I think that the matter is coming to an end," and added that he would be willing to negotiate new security arrangements for Europe, and that his preferred negotiating partner would be Germany's former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Reuters reported.

The Russian President was speaking in the Kremlin after setting out his view of the causes of the Ukraine war, which Moscow launched in February 2022. Blaming "globalist" Western leaders, Putin said...