Russia has reportedly laid out a series of requests to the United States in order to end the war against Ukraine.
Fox News reported that the exact contents of Russia’s list of demands are not yet known, but they are allegedly similar to demands previously presented to Ukraine, the U.S. and NATO.
Russian and American officials have allegedly discussed the terms over the past few weeks in person and virtually, the people “close to the matter” told Reuters.
Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is expected to travel to Moscow this week, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News on Tuesday.
Earlier requests included not allowing Ukraine to join NATO, an agreement to not deploy foreign troops to Ukraine and international recognition of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that Russia owns Crimea and four provinces.
As of Wednesday, President Donald Trump was still waiting to hear if Putin would agree to a 30-day truce that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to during ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia.
On Wednesday, the Kremlin said it was waiting for more details about the proposal before issuing any comment. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said he would brief Russia.
“We’re going to bring it to them directly,” Rubio told reporters, referring to Russia. “We’re going to say that Ukraine is prepared to stop all battlefield activity and begin an immediate process of negotiating an enduring end of the war. And we’ll see what their response is. If their response is yes, then we know we’ve made real progress, and there’s a real chance of peace. If their response is no, it will be highly unfortunate, and then it’ll make their intentions clear.”
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If all other demands by Russia are met, then the area that they demand, Crimea and four provinces, should become a neutral zone with neither side placing military inside it and let the locals elect whom they want to represent them in the Kremlin. Both parties remain clear of that zone politically and militarilym, but each can travel unrestricted through it.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said if the Russians say NO to the Ukrainian/US peace proposal, we will know their clear intentions. Does that mean the war will continue? Is Europe prepared to commit thousands of troops and Hundreds of million of dollars to fight along side Ukraine and see thousands more soldiers die and more death and destruction levied on the Ukrainian and Russian people? Does that mean Trump will, and the rest of the world will support, levy crippling sanctions against Russia, which will push Rusian one step closer to the “nuke”? Just askin “
They started the war, and they get to set conditions? How about that they won’t be losing several thousand soldiers a month? Isn’t that enough after stealing a quarter of a Country?
THey want the Rare Earth ores?>