The demands of Vladimir Putin Opposite to Ukraine, the Reuters International Agency, which cites a source through the Kremlin, reveals.
In accordance with Reutersthe Russian president requires the following:
1) Delivery of Donbas (meaning territories that have not yet conquered in the field of battles)
2) Do not integrate Ukraine into NATO
3) Do not transfer Western troops to Ukraine territory as part of security guarantees.
If the above requests are satisfied, Moscow is willing to “freeze” the front lines in Zaporizia and the Hersona, that is, not to conquer other territories in these areas.
The same source from the Kremlin told Reuters that in the event of a negative response from Kiev, Russia will continue and intensify war operations on all fronts.
What do Moscow’s requirements mean? Vladimir Putin requires from her Ukraine To resign from the entire eastern area of ​​Donbas, to abandon the ambitions of NATO integration and to remain neutral and keep western troops outside the country.
Russian president met with Donald Trump in Alaska Friday for the first Russia-US Summit after more than four years. During the three -year meeting of the two leaders in camera, the terms were discussed for a possible compromise for Ukraine.
Speaking next to Trump, Putin said the meeting hopes he would pave the way for peace in Ukraine, but neither of the two leaders had revealed details.
In essence, according to Russian sources, Putin has compromised the territorial demands he had made in June 2024, which required Kiev to grant all the four provinces that Moscow claims as part of Russia: Donetsk and Luhansk in Eastern Ukraine – which make up Donbas – as well as the Peninsula and Zaporia to the south. Kiev had rejected these terms.
In his new proposal, the Russian president insists on his demand that Ukraine is fully withdrawn from the Donbas departments he still controls, according to the three sources. In return, however, Moscow will stop the current front lines in Zaporizia and Hersona.
Russia controls about 88% of Donbas and 73% of Zaporizia and Peninsula, according to US estimates.
OR Moscow It is also willing to deliver the small parts of the Harkov, Sumi and DniePropetrovsk areas of Ukraine, which controls, under a possible territorial exchange agreement, the same sources said.
Putin also insists on his previous demands for Ukraine to abandon its ambitions for NATO membership and to make a legal commitment to the US leadership of the US military alliance that it will not extend further to the east. Putin also requires restrictions on the Ukrainian army and an agreement that no Western troops will develop in Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force.
The president Volodimir Zelenski He has repeatedly rejected the idea of ​​departing from internationally recognized Ukrainian territories as part of an agreement and has stated that the Donbas industrial area serves as a fortress that prevents Russian advance deeper in Ukraine.
At the same time, NATO integration is a strategic goal that is guaranteed in the country’s constitution and a goal that Kiev considers to be its most reliable security guarantee. Zelenski said it was not up to Russia to decide to join the alliance.
Source :Skai
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