The "New York Times" writes that they learned a new list of Russia's demands from the West in peace talks.
We are talking about a new security architecture in Europe and how to build the post-war relations between Russia and the West.
Key points according to NYT:.
- NATO countries must abandon further expansion of the alliance, as well as further "military activities" in Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Transcaucasia and Central Asia.
- NATO must close its bases and withdraw troops from countries that joined the alliance after 1997 (ie, including Finland, Poland and the Baltic states).
- New demand: Western countries must stop the supply of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine.
- Ukraine can join the EU only if it does not participate in its common defense policy.
- Russia demands that France and Britain abandon their intentions to use their nuclear weapons to defend other European countries.
They write that this is the main condition for a ceasefire in Ukraine.