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"Russia has started to make serious concessions and reduced their demands primarily to territorial claims" Could you link to an article which shows a Russian o
by pmoriarty 5y ago
"Russia has started to make serious concessions and reduced their demands primarily to territorial claims"
Could you link to an article which shows a Russian official making such concessions or reducing their demands?
From my own reading, Russia has just been reiterating the same demands they had all along: for Ukraine to recognize the breakaway republics and for Ukraine to give up hopes of ever joining NATO.
- tyrfing 5y ago"Demilitarization and denazification" was the justification for the war, and is really the only way their full war, which has been costly in many ways, makes sense. Pre-war negotiations with NATO included demands far wider than just Ukraine. There's a chance things are being misinterpreted in terms of wording, but it sounds like demilitarization has been softened and any agreement would involve accepting the existing Ukraine government ("nazis"). There are also nuances about recognition of DPR/LPR, Russia's preferred version previously would have essentially given veto power over Ukraine government decisions. Losing that means they need a different form of leverage, such as replacing the government ("denazification"), with constitutional guarantees being a far weaker option.