Putin's Demands to Europe: What the Kremlin Will Seek in Negotiations

Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko predicts Russia will demand full control over Ukraine, including its neutrality and loss of the right to choose security alliances, during negotiations. Ohryzko stated Moscow wants NATO forces withdrawn to 1997 borders, removing all foreign troops from Poland, Baltic states, and Finland, along with weapons systems threatening Russian territory up to the Urals. He believes Russia will consolidate its demands into a new document. The diplomat noted Russia still references its 2022 proposals as a negotiation basis, with no mention of withdrawing from occupied Ukrainian territories. Russian officials have reportedly discussed these conditions in unofficial talks on a new European security order.