Putin Lays Out Two ‘Most Difficult’ Demands of Ukraine Amid Ceasefire Talks: Report m.theepochtimes.com/putin-lays-out… via @epochtimes
2/“Basically, there are six topics discussed. The first is Ukraine’s neutrality, that is, its withdrawal from NATO membership. Second, disarmament and mutual security guarantees in the context of the Austrian model. Third, [is] the process that the Russian side refers to as
3/“‘de-Nazification.’ Fourth, removing obstacles to the widespread use of Russian in Ukraine,” he told Turkish newspaper Hurriyet in an interview published on Saturday.”
There are two other “most difficult issues”:
“Putin put forward two territories-related demands.
There are two other “most difficult issues”:
“Putin put forward two territories-related demands.
4/“Putin would require Ukraine to recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and admit the independence of the Donbas, a disputed region in southeastern Ukraine.”
5/These aren’t the demands of a madman bent on rebuilding the Russian empire but the hyper-rational requests of the leader of the Russian Federation trying to create stability b/t it & NATO by ensuring Ukraine respects the dignity of its Russian speaking citizens.
6/Zelensky can take it or leave it. This isn’t the ploy of a leader who wants to absorb Ukraine, install a pro-Russian president in Ukraine via regime change or even seize land connecting Crimea to Russia. Putin is a chess player seeing eight or nine moves ahead, cool and calm as
7/he awaits his opponents move. If Zelensky rejects this offer it could drop off the table as Russia will squeeze the vice further.
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