“Analysts say that the Russian Federation wants to show Ukraine as it does not want to negotiate until Moscow continues to delay with bona fide peacekeeping efforts”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
The ISW notes that the Kremlin continues to categorically reject security guarantees for Ukraine that support the US and exposes its constant goals for control of all Ukraine.
“The Kremlin continues to insist that Istanbul talks in 2022 is the only acceptable starting point for potential future negotiations on war in Ukraine, thus demanding that Russia and its allies have vetoed any Western military assistance to Ukraine, and Ukraine remained a neutralized Yesterday’s statement of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The Institute of War Study emphasized that the agreement, based on Istanbul talks in 2022, would harm Ukraine, “forever forbidden it to join NATO, imposing dragon restrictions on the number of Ukrainian Armed Forces and forbidding Ukraine to receive any Western military assistance.”
“The project of the agreement also requires that Russia and the UN Security Council, including China, of the key ally of the Russian Federation, be granted the status of garant states, and garant states must act coordinated in the event of a violation of the agreement that will veto Russia on Western military assistance to Ukraine. It is noteworthy that the Project of the Istanbul Agreement did not impose any restrictions on Russia’s military capabilities, in fact neutralizing Ukraine politically and military, while protecting Russia’s ability to invade Ukraine in the future on much more profitable conditions than in 2022, ”the report said.
On August 21, commenting on the issues of security guarantees for Ukraine, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov noted that Russia supported only the principles of those guarantees discussed during negotiations in Istanbul in 2022 (then negotiations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation ended with no avail, the Ukrainian side did not agree. All other proposals, according to him, are “unpromising ideas”.
The presence of foreign troops in Ukraine for Russia is unacceptable, said the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
Security guarantees for Kiev are a key issue in the end of the war. Their discussion became more active after the meeting of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky with US President Donald Trump and European colleagues in Washington.
According to media reports, as part of the so-called coalition, the United Kingdom suggested that the Typhoon fighter jets in the west of Ukraine and a brigade from 3000-5000 servicemen to train the Ukrainian army. France, Canada and Australia could also send troops to the west of Ukraine. The Czech Republic could be part of peacekeeping forces in Ukraine, it was stated by President Peter Paul. Lithuania has also declared the willingness to provide peacekeeping troops for a possible mission in Ukraine.
European leaders have recently published a joint statement confirming that the peace agreement should not restrict the Armed Forces of Ukraine or its cooperation with third countries, as well as that Russia cannot veto Ukraine on the path of Ukraine to membership in the European Union or NATO.