Putin will demand the return of NATO to the 1997 borders in a new round of negotiations, -. the telegraph. The sources of the publication reported that Russia's motive for involving the European countries in the negotiations is pressure for concessions regarding the expansion of the alliance, which called "the root of the war". This is a possible withdrawal of NATO troops from Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as from Finland, which joined the alliance in 2023. All five countries share a common border with the Russian Federation. Russia has already made such demands in 2021-2022 on the eve of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Putin will demand the return of NATO to the 1997 borders in a new round of negotiations, -. the telegraph. The sources of the publication reported that Russia's motive for involving the European countries in the negotiations is pressure for concessions regarding the expansion of the alliance, which called "the root of the war". This is a possible withdrawal of NATO troops from Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as from Finland, which joined the alliance in 2023. All five countries share a common border with the Russian Federation. Russia has already made such demands in 2021-2022 on the eve of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.