Fox News: Documents reveal Russia's initial 'peace deal' equated to the surrender of Ukraine: report

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Documents reveal Russia's initial 'peace deal' equated to the surrender of Ukraine: report

Newly released documents of Russia's first proposal in an alleged attempt to end its invasion in 2022 show Moscow was looking to make Ukraine a puppet state with no military and seceded lands in east....                        ...                        ...                            ...Newly revealed documents of Russia's first proposal in 2022 in an alleged attempt to end its so-called You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in actuality resembled an agreement to surrender, reported Radio Free Europe on Monday.......The documents obtained by the Europe-based outlet showed that on March 7, 2022 – 11 days after Russia's invasion began and one week after talks between Moscow and Kyiv started – Russia presented a document dubbed the "Agreement on settlement of the situation in Ukraine and neutrality of Ukraine."......But You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login the "neutrality of Ukraine" essentially meant Russia was hoping to turn the former Soviet nation into a "puppet" regime of the Kremlin's.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The Russian proposal apparently called for Kyiv to give up Crimea – which Russia seized a decade ago – as well as the Donbas – where You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login with Ukrainian troops since 2014. But it called on Ukraine to hand over both the Donetsk and Luhansk regions that make up easternmost Ukraine and which Russia has still been unable to seize despite years of brutal fighting. ......The proposal also called on Kyiv to pledge to never join the NATO alliance and to whittle down its military to just 50,000 soldiers from the 250,000-strong military force that stood before the invasion. ......Four ships, 55 helicopters and 300 tanks would reportedly have been permitted to remain in Ukraine.......Kyiv, should it have agreed to the terms, would also have been barred from possessing or developing any missiles with a strike range of 250 km (155 miles) – roughly the distance that separates the Crimean bridge from the Ukrainian-controlled territory on the front lines in the Zaporizhzhia region. ......By the end of April 2022, the talks had failed after Ukraine rejected Moscow's terms and successfully ended Russian attempts to seize Kyiv – the same month that the extent of the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login were also revealed. ......After nearly 1,000 days of war, Russia has been unable to actually seize any region from Ukraine since its Feb. 22, 2022, invasion – though Russian President Vladimir Putin You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk in September of that year. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Several attempts to hold peace talks have been pushed, though to little avail, as Ukraine remains steadfast in its assertion that the war will end once Russia withdraws its troops and ceases its illegal invasion.......Following Ukraine's success in blocking Russian forces from seizing the capital city, ousting Russia from You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, and largely holding the line in the east over the last two years – though it saw some setbacks this year when U.S. military aid temporarily slowed – the West has championed Moscow's failures.......The U.S. and NATO allies have substantially backed Ukraine with military support, though it has stopped short of sending in international troops, and concerns about Ukrainian manpower have remained a chief issue in the war. ......Though You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to fight among its ranks and significantly expanded its fighting force with some 900,000 active-duty soldiers as of 2024, along with another 1.2 million reserve forces, according to Statista, it is still a fraction of the size of Russia's military.......Russia is You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login with another 2 million in reserves, as well as up to 10,000 North Korean soldiers that are expected to join its war machine.......Russia is now seeing its highest number of casualties than at any other time since the war began with some 1,200 casualties reported a day, claimed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week.......Despite the high number of troop casualties, there still does not appear to be any end in sight to the war – validating early concerns that this would be a war of attrition. ......Reports earlier this year suggested Putin may agree to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, though he has also repeatedly said Ukraine must agree not to enter NATO if it wants an end to the war. ......Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not only flatly refused to cede any territory to Russia and has demanded that Crimea be returned to Ukraine, but he has also made clear that it is a top security priority for Kyiv to join the NATO alliance. ...

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