Report: Russia Demands NATO Pullback to 1997 Positions in Ukraine Talks
The Kremlin’s opening proposal also seeks to halt Western arms to Ukraine and limit U.S., French and British nuclear roles, officials said.
- On Thursday, Russia presented a position paper to U.S. envoys in Moscow reviving late-2021 demands that NATO pull back military presence to 1997 borders and ban further alliance enlargement.
- The unsigned Russian document demands an end to Western military assistance to Ukraine, restricts NATO nuclear-sharing arrangements, and conditions Ukraine's EU accession on exclusion from the bloc's common defense policy.
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk condemned the proposal in Dublin on Thursday, stating that accepting these conditions would pose "a direct threat to Poland's security" and remain unacceptable to European allies.
- Following two days of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, U.S. Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner informed Russian officials that circumstances have changed significantly since the 2021 proposals were first drafted.
- Settlement discussions are set to continue during the APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, on November 18-19, where President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are scheduled to meet, according to Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov.
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Kremlin suggested US divide Europe into spheres of influence — NYT <p>Russian Federation suggested the US limit NATO and return Europe to Cold War spheres of influence. the Kremlin also made demands on of Ukraine.</p>
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Russia: NATO Troops Must Retreat To 1997 Positions
The New York Times reports: Two months before Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, it issued a series of far-reaching demands, including that NATO pull its troops back to positions they held in 1997, before the Western alliance expanded toward Russia’s borders. Now, in closed-door negotiations with President Trump’s envoys this week about how to … The post Russia: NATO Troops Must Retreat To 1997 Positions appeared first on Joe.My.God..
“Putin has proved once again that he’s not serious about a negotiated peace,” says US Senate’s intelligence chair after Moscow’s NATO demand
Further talks with Russia are “a farce” because its demand that NATO pull back its troops proves Moscow wants no peace, a US senator says.
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Vladimir Putin is not just about Ukraine - this becomes clear in the negotiations. He wants major changes in NATO in Europe.
In the peace talks over Ukraine, Russia is demanding not only territorial concessions but also radical changes to the European security order. According to the New York Times, Moscow has submitted a document demanding a return to NATO's 1997 status, the withdrawal of allied forces and military infrastructure from Eastern Europe, and permanent neutrality for Ukraine. The demands would severely limit the alliance's military presence on its eastern…
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