Ukraine’s Nato exclusion must be in peace deal
Russia’s deputy foreign minister said Russia will seek to assure that NATO will exclude Ukraine’s membership and that Ukraine will remain neutral in any peace agreement.
“We will require Ironclad’s security assurance to be part of the agreement,” Alexander Grushko told Russian media Izvestia.
“Part of these guarantees should be Ukraine’s neutrality, and NATO countries refuse to accept the alliance,” he said.
This is US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin It is expected to speak in the next few daysas negotiations on a possible ceasefire in Ukraine continue.
The United States and Ukraine have agreed to file a 30-day ceasefire with Russia.
Putin said he supports the ceasefire, but he also listed the difficult conditions for achieving peace.
One area of debate is the Kursk region in western Russia, where Ukraine began a military invasion last August and occupied some territory.
Putin claimed Russia had full control of Kursk and said the Ukrainian army there was “already quarantined.”
He also raised many questions about how to monitor and regulate ceasefires on the front lines of the East.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Putin of Trying to “destroy” diplomatic efforts Ensure an immediate ceasefire.
Steve Witkoff, the U.S. envoy who met Putin in Moscow on Thursday, told CNN that he expects a “call” between Trump and Putin “this week.”
In his election, Trump repeatedly promised to end the war, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of neighboring countries in 2022, the “first day” of a new administration.
He has been in office for less than a month. Trump and Putin call It was reported that this spanned 90 minutes and immediately began negotiations on the end of the war.
Witkov refused to answer a question about how Ukraine resolved the land occupied by Russia. Currently, Russia controls one-fifth of Ukraine.
