The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demands for further territorial concessions as a prerequisite for peace, describing these as absurd and manipulative. “Putin does not seek peace, he seeks to divide the world,” the ministry said on Friday, referring to Putin’s statements ahead of a Swiss peace summit planned for the weekend. Putin is trying to present himself as a peacemaker for the war he triggered, the ministry said. “Russia’s plans are not for peace, but for the continuation of the war, the occupation of Ukraine, the destruction of the Ukrainian peop…