By Max Seddon, Roman Olearchyk, and Henry Foy, Financial Times, 3/28/22
….Moscow and Kyiv are discussing a pause in hostilities as part of a possible deal that would involve Ukraine abandoning its drive for Nato membership in exchange for security guarantees and the prospect to join the EU, the people said under the condition of anonymity because the matter is not yet finalised.
The draft ceasefire document does not contain any discussion of three of Russia’s initial core demands — “denazification”, “demilitarisation”, and legal protection for the Russian language in Ukraine — the people added.
….As part of the agreement under consideration, Ukraine would also refrain from developing nuclear weapons, or hosting foreign military bases in addition to abandoning its pursuit of Nato membership.
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It’s behind a pay wall but Russian should not sign on to this at all.
That’s odd. I was able to access the entire article earlier. I don’t have a subscription to FT.
Oh, my personal BS detector is beeping urgently. Until I see confirmation from the Russian side, I’m convinced this is just more in the veritable storm of information warfare nonsense. Consider if you will the usual “anonymous sources”, and the very nature of the FT itself as a pillar of Anglo society.
No, not believing Russia would fold like this when they are winning decisively on the ground and in the air.