Russia has presented to the US a list of demands on an agreement to end the war against Ukraine and restarting relationships with Washington, according to two sources knowing the issue and spoke to Reuters.

It is not clear exactly what Moscow includes in this list, or if it is willing to participate in peace talks with Kiev before accepting its demands. Russian and US officials have discussed the terms during talks over the last three weeks, sources said.

Described the terms of the Kremlin as ‘wide’ And similar to the demands he had previously presented to Ukraine, the US and NATO.

These previous terms included Failure to join NATO for Kiev, agreement not to develop foreign troops in Ukraine and international recognition of President Vladimir Putin’s claim that Crimea and four provinces belong to Russia.

Russia, in recent years, has also asked the US and NATO to deal with what it called the ‘Basic Causes’ of war, including expansion of NATO to the east.

US President Donald Trump is waiting for Putin information on whether he will accept Washington agreed and Kiev a 30 -day truce that Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski considers the first step towards peace talks.

Putin’s commitment to a possible ceasefire agreement is still uncertain, with details that have not yet been finalized.

Some US officials, legislators and analysts are afraid that Putin, a former KGB official, would use a truce to intensify, as they say, his effort divide the US, Ukraine and Europe and undermine any talks.

In Kiev, Volodimir Zelenski welcomed this week’s meeting in Saudi Arabia between US and Ukrainian officials as a constructive meeting, and said that a potential 30 -day cease with Russia could be used to form a wider agreement.

It is noted that Moscow has raised many of these demands over the last two decades, some of which have been put into official negotiations with the US and Europe.

Joe Biden’s attitude

More recently, Moscow discussed the matter with the Biden government In a series of meetings in late 2021 and early 2022, tens of thousands of Russian soldiers waited at the Ukrainian border, awaiting the invasion order. Russian demands wanted to restrict US and NATO military operations from Eastern Europe to Central Asia.

Although it rejected some of the terms, the Biden government tried to prevent invasion discussing with Russia several of themaccording to US government documents examined by Reuters and many former US officials.

The effort failed, and Russia attacked February 24, 2022.

American and Russian officials have said in recent weeks that a draft agreement discussed by Washington, Kiev and Moscow in Istanbul in 2022 could be a starting point For peace talks. The agreement never proceeded.

In these conversations, Russia demanded from Ukraine to abandon its ambitions in NATO and accept a permanent nuclear regime. Also demanded veto in the actions of countries that wanted to help Ukraine in the event of war.

The Trump government has not explained how it approaches its negotiations with Moscow. The two sides are involved in two separate conversations: one for normalizing US-Russia relationships and the other for a peace deal with Ukraine.

Without a single line Washington

The US administration seems divided into how it will proceed.

US envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkov, who also helps negotiations with Moscow, described the conversations of Constantinople last month at CNN as Istanbul as ‘Convincing and meaningful negotiations’ observing that they could be “Guide to reach a peace agreement.”

However, Trump’s leading envoy to Ukraine and Russia, retired General Keith Kloge, told an audience of the Foreign Relations last week that he does not see Constantinople’s agreement as a starting point.

“I think we have to develop something completely new,” he said.

Analysts estimate that Russia’s demands are probably not only aimed at shaping a possible agreement with Ukraine, but also to form the basis of agreements with its western supporters.

‘There is no sign that the Russians are willing to make any concessions’, said Angela Stent, a senior associate at the Brooks Institute, who was a leading US intelligence analyst for Russia and Eurasia. “The demands have not changed at all. I think they don’t really care about peace or a meaningful ceasefire. “

The Russian embassy in Washington and the White House did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for commentary.