Russia lays out demands for talks with US on Ukraine, sources say

Source: Reuters

Russia has presented the U.S. with a list of demands for a deal to end its war against Ukraine and reset relations with Washington, according to two people familiar with the matter.

It is not clear what exactly Moscow included on its list or whether it is willing to engage in peace talks with Kyiv prior to their acceptance. Russian and American officials discussed the terms during in-person and virtual conversations over the last three weeks, the people said.

They described the Kremlin's terms as broad and similar to demands it previously has presented to Ukraine, the U.S. and NATO.

Those earlier terms included no NATO membership for Kyiv, an agreement not to deploy foreign troops in Ukraine and international recognition of President Vladimir Putin's claim that Crimea and four provinces belong to Russia.

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Just which countries does Putin think will recognize his claim to Crimea and Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts? He's had only a tiny fraction of the world's countries supporting even the claim to Crimea.