Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin © RIA Novosti / Russia’s Foreign Ministry
RT: Russia outlines conditions for Ukraine peace deal
Kiev should rule out joining NATO and the EU and respect the rights of minorities, Moscow’s deputy foreign minister says
The Ukraine conflict could be settled if Kiev were to re-commit to its neutral status, recognize “new territorial realities,” and declare Russian as a state language, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said in an interview released on Saturday.
Speaking to TASS news agency, the diplomat said Moscow “is convinced that a peace settlement will be possible only if the Ukrainian armed forces cease hostilities, and Western weapons shipments are stopped.”
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Update #1: Russia’s Foreign Ministry says conditions for peace include Ukraine recognizing ‘new territorial realities’ and Russian as state language (Meduza)
Update #2: Russia begins talking about peace again, seeking “recognition of territorial arrangements” and cessation of Ukrainian forces’ actions (Ukrainska Pravda)
WNU Editor: Ukraine is already on the record refusing all of these conditions.