Russia renews demand for NATO pullback in Ukraine talks
Source: SemaforBy Lauren Morganbesser
The reported demand sharpened questions over Moscow’s and Kyiv’s competing red lines ahead of further talks to end the war.
Russia reportedly renewed its demands for NATO to withdraw troops from the bloc’s eastern flank, sharpening questions over Moscow’s red lines ahead of further talks to end the war.
Ukraine’s president said Saturday that American negotiators proposed Ukraine withdraw from the Donbas in exchange for NATO membership, an idea at odds with Kyiv’s opposition to ceding territory.
European partners are expected to join the next round of talks, with Moscow’s demand for a NATO pullback likely a nonstarter for Europe. The inclusion of “questions of Europe’s security architecture” in negotiations has “rung alarm bells in key European capitals,” a Council on Foreign Relations expert wrote, warning that the war’s outcome will “define the limits of Europe as a geopolitical actor.”
— Lauren Morganbesser
In brief
Russia reportedly renewed its demands for NATO to withdraw troops from the bloc’s eastern flank, sharpening questions over Moscow’s red lines ahead of further talks to end the war. Ukraine’s president said Saturday that American negotiators proposed Ukraine withdraw from the Donbas in exchange for NATO membership, an idea at odds with Kyiv’s opposition to ceding territory. European partners are expected to join the next round of talks, with Moscow’s demand for a NATO pullback likely a nonstarter for Europe.
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