Sources: 'For now, negotiations on Kyiv with the EU and E5 representatives'
Finland out of NATO, Moldova reorganized into three separate republics, zero European troops in Ukraine, maintenance of occupied territories, and control of the entire Donbass. According to 'Bild', these are the proposals advanced by Russia to Abu Dhabi to end the war in Ukraine, which include numerous demands that go far beyond Ukraine's borders.
But the Kremlin denies this account. "I am not aware of it. No, no such proposal has been put forward. Certainly, it has not been discussed," stated Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, answering a question on the matter, cited by Tass.
According to Bild, Russian negotiators discussed what the new European security order should look like from their perspective. The Russian plan would specifically involve Finland leaving NATO and returning to the status it had before joining the Atlantic Alliance (which happened in 2023, after the invasion of Ukraine), and Moldova being reorganized into three separate republics: Moldova, Transnistria, and Gagauzia. Should Moldova join the EU, according to Moscow, Transnistria and Gagauzia should be able to hold a referendum on their independence.
In the plan, the Kremlin also reiterates that there should be no European troops in Ukraine, that Russia maintains the occupied territories, and that it gains control of the entire Donbass. Moscow requested in the plan that Russian ships have free movement in the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea and that there be a complete demilitarization of Ukrainian ports. In return, Moscow would withdraw troops from Transnistria and withdraw nuclear weapons from Belarus.
Meanwhile, the European negotiating team will, for now, be composed of representatives of EU institutions and diplomatic advisors on security from the E5, namely Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, and Poland. According to ANSA, based on qualified European sources, the leaders agreed upon this during the informal European Council.
"It is a given" that Germany is in negotiations, says German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at a press conference in Dublin. "Russia wants to discuss issues related to the European security architecture. There is no need to talk about it. It already exists," Merz stated, emphasizing: "It was Moscow, and only Moscow, that destroyed the Helsinki peace order."
"If we start discussing what Russia is asking for regarding the security architecture, we fall into the traps Moscow is setting for us: we divert attention from the fact that there is no ceasefire and start listening to its demands," stated EU High Representative Kaja Kallas in Dublin. "We have an aggressor and a victim, and the aggressor has no concerns for its own security. No one has ever attacked it; it is Russia that has attacked others," she added.
"We have institutions, so we cannot send a person who has no institutional role, as the Americans do. We must not copy the same patterns," Kallas emphasized, responding to a question about why Europe should not take an initiative in negotiations with Russia similar to that of Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.
The choice of who will represent Europe in the peace negotiations on Ukraine must be made "within one or two weeks," declared Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin, the current President of the EU, upon arriving at the informal Twenty-Seven summit in Dublin. "I hope today's discussions bring clarity on this point," Martin explained, recalling that "there is still work to be done from here until the extraordinary Council in two weeks."
"I believe it is evident that Europe is involved in the peace talks to protect our interests, but also to support Ukraine. In this context, the Commission will present a proposal for financing Ukraine's needs in 2027, as well as the 22nd sanctions package before the next European Council," said Ursula von der Leyen in Dublin.
Russian diplomacy spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented on Jared Kushner's statements regarding the inclusion of European representatives in the negotiation process for a solution to the Ukrainian conflict, stating that "based on what the Russian Foreign Ministry is aware of, this topic was not discussed during the talks between Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow." This is reported by the Tass agency.
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