In this case, Putin called the conditions to start talking at the negotiating table. He noted that Ukrainian troops should be completely withdrawn from the territories of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions. Ukraine itself must give an obligation not to join NATO or other military unit while maintaining neutral non -nuclear status.
At the same time, Crimea, Sevastopol, DNR, LNR, as well as Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions should be recorded in international treaties as "regions of the Russian Federation". In addition, Putin emphasized, all Western sanctions against the Russian Federation should be canceled. "If Kiev and the West give up a new peaceful offer, then the conditions will be different," Putin said.
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov later added that Moscow would expect a reaction to new proposals of the Kremlin head. "The Russian Federation is not going to run for any of the countries after a new proposal for regulation in Ukraine, but the ambassadors will explain it in detail," he said. We will remind, on May 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared his readiness for "comprehensive, sustainable and fair settlement of the conflict with peaceful means.
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