NO MORE NATO ENLARGEMENT?
Reuters reported this week that Putin’s situations for ending the battle embody a requirement that Western leaders pledge in writing to cease enlarging NATO eastwards.
Trump’s particular envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, mentioned on Friday that Russia’s concern over the eastward enlargement of NATO was truthful and Washington didn’t need to see Ukraine within the US-led navy alliance.
Commenting on Kellogg’s assertion, Peskov mentioned: “We’re happy that these explanations by the president are understood, together with in Washington.”
Turkish Overseas Minister Hakan Fidan instructed reporters in Kyiv that the subsequent step after talks in Istanbul could be to attempt to host a gathering between Trump, Putin, and Zelenskyy.
Ukrainian Overseas Minister Andrii Sybiha mentioned Kyiv wanted to see the Russian proposals upfront for the talks to be “substantive and significant,” with out spelling out what Kyiv would do if it didn’t obtain the Russian doc or a deadline for receiving it.
“We need to finish this battle this 12 months, and we’re all for establishing a truce, whether or not it’s for 30 days, or for 50 days, or for 100 days,” he mentioned.
Russia’s UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, instructed the UN Safety Council on Friday that Moscow was prepared to contemplate a ceasefire offered Western states stopped arming Ukraine and Kyiv stopped mobilising troops.