Rosenberg: Uncompromising Putin ups demands for peace with Ukraine
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Summary
Vladimir Putin said Russia wants a long-term European security arrangement as part of efforts to reach peace with Ukraine. After talks in Moscow with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the Kremlin revived proposals that would restrict NATO enlargement and reduce NATO military infrastructure in parts of Central and Eastern Europe.Key Facts
- Putin met U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow.
- Russia continues to reject a comprehensive ceasefire, according to the account.
- The Kremlin said peace requires a new, long-term European security arrangement.
- Russia has revived proposals made in draft treaties in December 2021.
- Those proposals sought guarantees that Ukraine and Georgia would not join NATO and called for reducing NATO military infrastructure in countries that joined after the Soviet Union dissolved.
- Russia's foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said Moscow might add new demands in response to Western efforts to weaken Russia strategically.
- Ukraine, Russia and the United States took part in peace talks in Abu Dhabi this week.
- The Kremlin said it had not decided whether European representatives would join the next round of Ukraine peace talks.
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