Summary
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that Russia rejects a weak ceasefire in Ukraine, instead seeking a legally binding peace deal ensuring the security of Russia and its neighbors.
Lavrov accused the West of using truces to re-arm Ukraine and called for agreements preventing future violations.
President Putin expressed readiness for talks with Trump but ruled out territorial concessions or Ukraine’s NATO membership, a key Russian concern.
Ukraine remains committed to pursuing NATO membership despite Russia’s objections.
No, it must not. At least not before it returns all the occupied areas, submits the perpetrators to the court of international justice, and pays reparations for their aggressions. Then we can talk about securities.
Your security was not an issue until you invaded Ukraine. You didn’t want NATO on your border (even though it already was there in Kaliningrad)? Now you have it.
No one was talking about Finland joining NATO until you invaded Ukraine. Ukraine itself wasn’t pursuing NATO membership until you invaded.
Kaliningrad
Also Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Canada (if you don’t count the Arctic).
The idea that Ukraine joining NATO made any kind of difference to Russia’s security is absolutely ludicrous.
Nevermind the fact that annexing Ukraine would also have moved their border to NATO.
Yeah, exactly.
It genuinely worries me that people struggle to see through bullshit this obvious.
Lavrov accused the West of using truces to re-arm Ukraine and called for agreements preventing future violations.
Russia wants time to rearm, but doesn’t want the people they’re attacking doing the same thing.
Exactly, and we’re need to be extra careful when talking about any deal: https://youtu.be/MhpoNL1gZbw
Ok, so a return to 1994 and the Budapest memorandum[0]. Sounds good to me!
Remember, Russia is the only offensive party in all of this.
I’m sure we can give the same security guarantees Ukraine got, in exchange for Russia similarly giving up its nuclear weapons.