Putin at the talks with Trump will demand that Ukraine never join NATO – Bloomberg

Russia will demand that Ukraine cut its military ties with the NATO alliance and become a neutral state with a limited military during any negotiations with incoming US President Donald Trump. Bloomberg writes about this with reference to its sources, reports UNN.

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Sources in Bloomberg report that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin intends to achieve his goal that Kyiv never joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and that its military potential be limited.

The Kremlin’s position is that while individual NATO members may continue to supply weapons to Ukraine under bilateral security agreements, any such weapons should not be used against Russia or to seize territory, said one of the people familiar with Moscow’s preparations for possible negotiations.

Putin’s position, as noted, runs counter to Trump’s stated desire to end the war as soon as possible and may be aimed at giving Moscow “freedom of action” in negotiations.

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Bloomberg’s source also reports that Ukraine and Russia are holding talks in Qatar about the rules for protecting nuclear facilities from attacks.

Ukrainian officials familiar with the progress of the negotiations say that the only negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow are currently limited to the exchange of prisoners and the return of deported children.

Russian terms also include maintaining at least de facto control over nearly 20% of the territory of Ukraine occupied by the Russian Federation, including annexed Crimea, although Moscow is open to exchanging territories, some of the interlocutors said.

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Trump said last week that a meeting with Putin was being prepared, although Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that there had been no substantive preparation for the talks.

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