Ukraine Russia Online: Russia wants a commitment in a peace treaty that NATO Ukraine will not accept
Russia will be in the peace treaty to demand Neutrality of Ukraine and excluding its admission to NATO.
According to Reuters, this was stated by Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Gruško in the daily Izvestija. In his words, Moscow also refuses to be distributed in Ukraine after the war by any foreign military troops, not just from NATO countries.
« We will demand that the agreement be included in iron security guarantees (for Russia), » the deputy said. According to him, these guarantees should be a commitment to the North Atlantic Alliance countries that they will not accept Ukraine into the pact.
According to the ministry, any issue of unarmed observers may only be discussed after the peace treaty.
According to The Sunday Times, the so-called coalition willing to send more than 10,000 soldiers to Ukraine for a peacekeeping mission. Units, probably mostly from Britain and France, are to be a deterrent power defending Russian attack after the eventual closure of the ceasefire.
The Special White House Embassy Steven Witkoff said CNN on Sunday that US President Donald Trump could talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin next week. Americans are going to talk to Ukrainian officials in the coming days.
Asked whether the United States are willing to recognize some Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia as Russian territory, Witkoff replied that he does not want to comment on it now. « I think it's a bit premature at the moment, » he added.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio TV CBS said that the final peace agreement will « include a lot of hard work, concessions by Russia and Ukraine » and that it will be difficult to start these negotiations among the opposed parties at all « until they shoot after each other ».
In Tuesday's negotiations with the Ukrainian delegation in Saudi Arabia, the United States announced a proposal for a 30-day stop of fighting in Ukraine, which Kiev received. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that according to Putin it is necessary to solve a few points before I can agree with the ceasefire. (CTK)
