Ukrainian President Volodomir Zelensky demands security guarantees for Ukraine. In addition, he is unlikely to address the core demands of the Russian President.
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Berlin While shooting continued in Ukraine, both warring parties have now sent out surprisingly hopeful signals. First, an adviser to the Ukrainian President Volodomir Zelenskiy suggested that one could also talk to Russia about his country’s neutrality. Then a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow neither wanted to overthrow the government in Kyiv nor to occupy the neighboring country.
Has this paved the way for a diplomatic solution to the conflict? Both statements must be viewed with caution. Zelensky demands security guarantees for Ukraine, which Moscow gave in the Budapest Memorandum of 1994 and then broken in cold blood. In addition, the Ukrainian president is unlikely to respond to the core demands of the Russian president.
He not only demanded that neutrality be anchored in the Ukrainian constitution, but also that Crimea, annexed in 2014, be officially recognized as part of Russia. In addition, Kyiv should recognize the independence of the two “people’s republics” in the Donbass.
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