Kremlin says Russian military action will stop ‘in a moment’ if Ukraine
meets conditions
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[March 07, 2022]
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia is
demanding that Ukraine cease military action, change its constitution to
enshrine neutrality, acknowledge Crimea as Russian territory and
recognise the separatist republics of Donetsk and Lugansk as independent
territories, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Peskov told Reuters that Russia had told Ukraine it was ready to halt
its military action "in a moment" if Kyiv met its conditions.
It was the most explicit Russian statement so far of the terms it wants
to impose on Ukraine to halt what it calls its "special military
operation" in Ukraine, now in its 12th day.
Peskov said Ukraine was aware of the conditions. "And they were told
that all this can be stopped in a moment."
On the issue of neutrality, he said: "They should make amendments to the
constitution according to which Ukraine would reject any aims to enter
any bloc. This is possible only by making changes to the constitution."
The Kremlin spokesman insisted Russia was not seeking to make any
further territorial claims on Ukraine.
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Smoke rises as a service member of the Ukrainian armed forces stands
by the only escape route used by locals to evacuate from the town of
Irpin, after days of heavy shelling, while Russian troops advance
towards the capital, in Irpin, near Kyiv, Ukraine March 7, 2022.
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demilitarisation of Ukraine. We will finish it. But the main thing
is that Ukraine ceases its military action. They should stop their
military action and then no one will shoot," he said.
"They should make amendments to their constitution according to
which Ukraine would reject any aims to enter any bloc. We have also
spoken about how they should recognise that Crimea is Russian
territory and that they need to recognise that Donetsk and Lugansk
are independent states. And that’s it. It will stop in a moment,"
Peskov told Reuters.
The outlining of Russia’s demands came as delegations from Russia
and Ukraine prepared to meet on Monday for a third round of talks
aimed at ending Russia’s war against Ukraine, an invasion launched
on Feb. 24 that has caused the worst refugee crisis in Europe since
World War Two and provoked outrage across the world.
(Reporting by Catherine Belton, editing by Mark Trevelyan and Gareth
Jones)
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