rki.news | Anadolu
MOSCOW, November 13 – Russia has proposed far-reaching conditions to end the war in Ukraine, including Finland leaving NATO and a ban on NATO military bases in the Baltic states, German newspaper Bild reported Friday.
The informal proposals, reportedly shared with European representatives during talks in Abu Dhabi, extend beyond Ukraine and seek what Moscow describes as a new European security order.
Under the reported plan, Russia would retain all occupied Ukrainian territories and gain full control of the Donbas region. Ukraine would also have to surrender the remaining parts of Donetsk and Luhansk under its control.
The proposal calls for the demilitarisation of the ports of Odesa and Mykolaiv, while guaranteeing freedom of navigation in the Black Sea and Baltic Sea.
It also demands Ukraine remain permanently neutral and abandon its NATO membership ambitions, although EU membership would remain possible.
Other conditions include banning NATO bases in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and requiring Finland to return to its pre-NATO status.
Regarding Moldova, the plan proposes a federal republic including Transnistria and Gagauzia, with possible independence referendums if Moldova joins the EU.
In return, Russia reportedly offers to withdraw nuclear weapons from Belarus and refrain from deploying intermediate-range missiles there.
