It is unclear whether Moscow has any specific requirements on the above list. Russian and American officials have discussed the terms of live and online conversations in the past 3 weeks, according to Reuters citing some sources.
Sources describing the terms of the Kremlin are similar to the requirements that Russia from Ukraine, the United States and NATO before. There is no information on Russia’s reaction as well as the US on the new revelation.
The US pressured Russia to answer a ceasefire proposal in Ukraine
Previous terms include non -awarding NATO members to Ukraine, an agreement without deploying foreign soldiers in Ukraine and international recognition of President Vladimir Putin’s statement that Crimea peninsula and four regions in Ukraine belong to Russia.
Experts say that Russian requirements may not only shape an final agreement with Ukraine but also the basis for agreements with Western parties to support Ukraine, according to Reuters.
The delegations of the US, Saudi Arabia and Russia in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) on February 18
In recent years, Russia has also asked the US and NATO to solve what Moscow thought was the “root cause” of the conflict with Ukraine, including NATO’s expansion to the east.
US President Donald Trump is waiting for feedback from President Putin on the proposal of a 30 -day ceasefire that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would accept the first step towards peaceful negotiations.
President Zelensky praised the meeting this week in Saudi Arabia between US and Ukrainian officials as a construction and said the potential ceasefire for 30 days with Russia could be used to draft a broader peace agreement.
In recent weeks, US and Russian officials have said a draft agreement discussed by Washington, Kyiv and Moscow in Istanbul (Türkiye) by 2022 could be the starting point for peaceful negotiations. This agreement was not approved by Ukraine withdrawal from negotiations.
In those negotiations, Russia asked Ukraine to abandon the ambition to join NATO and accept permanent nuclear situation. Russia also requires veto actions of countries that want to support Ukraine in the event of a war.
The Trump administration has not explained the approach to negotiations with Moscow. The two sides are participating in two separate discussions, including the reset of US-Russian relations and Ukrainian peace agreement.
The Middle Eastern special envoy of US Steve Witkoff, which is helping to lead the discussion with Moscow, last month describing negotiations in Istanbul as “convincing and essential negotiations”, saying that those negotiations could be “a milestone to reach a peaceful agreement”.
Meanwhile, President Trump’s top special envoy on Ukraine and Russia, retired General Keith Kellogg, told the audience of the external relations council last week that he did not consider the Istanbul agreement as the starting point. “I think we have to develop something completely new,” Mr. Kellogg emphasized, according to Reuters.
