Russia is urging Ukraine to immediately suspend military action, change its constitution to include neutrality, recognize Crimea as Russian territory and recognize the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, the Kremlin spokesman said. Peshkov to Reuters.
According to Dmitry Peshkov, the Russia has notified to Ukraine that it is ready to stop the “military operation” immediately, if Kyiv accepted these terms.
According to Reuters, it is the clearest statement by Russia so far about the conditions it wants to impose on Ukraine.
Peshkov said that Ukraine knew the terms and added that it was clear that all this could stop “in a minute”. On the issue of neutrality, Peshkov said: “They should make changes to the Constitution, which will show that Ukraine will reject any intention to join NATO. This is possible only through changes in the Constitution. “
The Kremlin spokesman said Russia had no other territorial claims than Ukraine.
“We are really done with the demilitarization of Ukraine. We will finish it. But the key is for Ukraine to suspend its military action. “They have to stop their military action and then no one will shoot,” he said.
“They should make changes to their constitution, according to which Ukraine would reject any goal of joining any bloc (EU, NATO).
We have also talked about how they should recognize that Crimea is Russian territory and that they should recognize that Donetsk and Luhansk are independent states. And that’s all. “It will stop in a moment,” Peshkov told Reuters.
The Russian demands were made public as the two delegations prepared for the third round of talks aimed at ending Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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