🚨 BREAKING: PUTIN WANTS NATO ROLLED BACK TO ITS 1997 MILITARY POSITIONS — RUSSIA REVIVES PRE-WAR DEMANDS
Russia has reportedly revived one of its most sweeping demands in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
According to The New York Times, a Russian negotiating document dated November 10 demands that NATO withdraw its troops and military infrastructure from positions established after 1997.
🇪🇺 WHAT MOSCOW IS DEMANDING:
🔹 NATO troops withdrawn from Poland and the Baltic states, among other countries that joined the alliance after 1997.
🔹 No further NATO expansion.
🔹 An end to NATO military activity in Ukraine, Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia.
🔹 An end to Western weapons supplies and military assistance to Ukraine.
🔹 Restrictions on NATO's nuclear-sharing arrangements.
🔹 Britain and France prevented from using their nuclear weapons to defend other European allies.
🔹 Ukraine could join the EU, but only if it stays outside the bloc's common defence policy.
⚠️ WHY THIS IS SIGNIFICANT
These demands go far beyond Ukraine's territorial borders.
They would fundamentally reshape Europe's security architecture, weaken NATO's eastern military presence and restrict the security guarantees available to European countries.
The demands also revive Moscow's December 2021 proposals, presented just months before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
DOES RUSSIA HAVE THE UPPER HAND?
Moscow appears unwilling to abandon its core security demands, despite months of US-led diplomatic efforts.
However, the document represents Russia's opening negotiating position, not an agreed settlement. Russian representatives reportedly indicated that some flexibility may still be possible.
European leaders have already rejected the idea of withdrawing NATO forces from the alliance's eastern flank.
💬 Is Putin negotiating to end the war in Ukraine, or seeking to fundamentally redraw Europe's security order?
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