Radio Swoboda obtained the first documents from the beginning of the war Ukrainepresenting Vladimir Putin's original demands. The station reported that a few days after the start of the Russian invasion – the peace treaty is dated March 7, 2022 – Moscow she proposed terms that would be tantamount to the capitulation of Kiev. Discussions on this topic were held at Belarus.
“If the Ukrainian authorities agreed to these conditions, it would turn Ukraine into… a puppet entity with a fictitious neutral statuswith a tiny, toothless army, without protection from states NATO and without a chance to regain control Crimea or Donbas,” the radio reported.
Vladimir Putin made demands. They found documents from the beginning of the war
According to the “System” project of Radio Svobody Vladimir Putin he wanted to lead to the lack of sovereignty of Ukraine. He demanded the renunciation of Crimea and Donbas, as well as the disarmament of most of Kiev's army.
The project assumed the reduction of Ukraine's army up to 50 thousand people, including 1,500 officerswhich is five times less than Ukraine had until 2022. Then Ukraine would only have four ships, 55 helicopters and 300 tanks left, notes Radio Svoboda. The country would also not be able to construct new combat systems or acquire any type of missile weapons with a range exceeding 250 km.
According to this treaty, Ukraine would have it too recognize Russian as the state language.
The original demands did not mention the withdrawal of troops from Ukrainian territories. There were no benefits proposed other than a ceasefire.
War in Ukraine. Peace talks ended in failure
At the beginning of this year, the parties to the conflict sat down to negotiations again. But have not reached a common position on the ceasefire.
Russia it still did not want to agree to some forms of securing Ukraine against possible future aggression. She also demanded that Kiev's army be limited to 85,000. military. Both sides demanded from their opponent withdrawal of troops from their current positions – none of them wanted to agree to it. Ultimately, no consensus was reached and the peace talks were suspended.
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