Russia's Preconditions for a Ceasefire Are Unacceptable to Ukraine

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Russia has handed over an extensive catalogue of demands to Ukraine in Istanbul, which outlines two variants for a ceasefire. The goal remains the submission of the country – with different means. The mediation process between Russia and Ukraine, initiated by the USA in March, threatens to dispatch.

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During the peace talks in Istanbul, Russia handed over a memorandum to Ukraine for a ceasefire and an end to the war. It contains only Moscow's maximum demands - and should not be acceptable to Kiev.

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On Monday, 2 June, Moscow unveiled a list of very strict conditions for considering a truce in Ukraine via a memorandum transmitted during talks in Istanbul.

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Russian negotiators presented Ukraine with two sets of preconditions during a meeting in Istanbul on Monday, which Moscow would agree to a ceasefire if met. These demands and the conditions for concluding a final peace agreement are so extensive that Kiev cannot accept them, as the head of the Ukrainian presidential administration has already acknowledged.

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In the afternoon of this Monday the second bilateral meeting between delegations of Russia and Ukraine to reach a ceasefire, from which only a great exchange of prisoners comes out. Despite the pressures and efforts of third countries, the hypothetical truce will have to wait. Russia has announced its intention to reach an agreement with its initiative to hold this last meeting, after after the first meeting in mid-May European leaders accused M…

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In the ceasefire memorandum, the Russian Federation reiterated maximalist demands, including permanent neutrality for Ukraine, limitations on the army, a ban on the import of Western weapons, and international recognition of four partially occupied Ukrainian regions and Crimea as Russian. The Interfax news agency reported that the Russians offered the Ukrainians two options for a ceasefire. One would involve the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces fr…