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Russian negotiator says "halfway there" on Ukraine's demilitarisation
Interfax Reuters Yahoo News ^ | 3/18/2022 | Reuters

Posted on 03/18/2022 9:53:13 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Moscow and Kyiv are "halfway there" in agreeing on the issue of Ukraine's demilitarisation, and their views are most aligned on Ukraine's neutrality and giving up on joining NATO, Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky was quoted as saying on Friday.

Interfax news agency quoted Medinsky as saying negotiating teams trying to agree on ending hostilities in Ukraine were discussing nuances of security guarantees should Ukraine no longer attempt to join the Western military alliance.

He declined to reveal any other details of the talks.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


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KEYWORDS: interfax; nato; putinspropaganda; russia; ukraine; war
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Medinsky speaking through Interfax.

Ukraine and Russia are NOT aligned on Russia's demand for Ukraine to reduce post-war troop levels to only 24,000 Ukrainian troops.

1 posted on 03/18/2022 9:53:13 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Pray for peace.

Right?


2 posted on 03/18/2022 9:55:20 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: marcusmaximus

Peace is coming. What are War KooKs going to talk about when the Ukraine is over?


3 posted on 03/18/2022 9:55:26 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: marcusmaximus

It would be national suicide for Ukraine to agree to ANY reduction in its military forces. Ukraine should counter with: We’ll reduce our military proportionate to your reducing your nuclear weapons, with unimpeachable international verification.


4 posted on 03/18/2022 9:57:53 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: JonPreston
Peace is coming. What are War KooKs going to talk about when the Ukraine is over?

IT will be back to COVID. Or maybe an energy crisis. Unless there is another exploitable crisis I missed?
5 posted on 03/18/2022 9:57:56 AM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: marcusmaximus
Russia is trying to save face. I seriously doubt the Ukrainians would commit to -any- troop reductions, unless they plan on creating very well armed "Border Police" units like the Soviet Union had.

We or a big NATO member should be at the negotiating table to try to provide a broader security arrangement, plus the Russians have to talk to us to get sanctions lifted and the $300 billion in seized Russian assets.

The big danger is that Putin withdraws to lick his wounds and tries again later.

6 posted on 03/18/2022 9:58:11 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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Russian is using weasal words to save face. NO NATO but Ukraine will armed to the teeth. No “foreign arms”, because they will be owned by the Ukrainians.


7 posted on 03/18/2022 9:58:35 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: marcusmaximus

This news sucks. Who the hell am I going to blame high gas prices and inflation on?


8 posted on 03/18/2022 10:01:18 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: marcusmaximus
This is nonsense.

Russia is telling Ukraine "Surrender your weapons and reduce your troop count and we'll go home.....for a month....."

9 posted on 03/18/2022 10:02:00 AM PDT by G Larry (Tolerance will rise until intelligent people are banned from thinking to avoid offending imbeciles)
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To: FlipWilson

Fauci has suddenly reappeared and he’s talking about the new “stealth variant” of Covid. Coincidence?


10 posted on 03/18/2022 10:03:15 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Little Ray

Anything but the invasion of the USA that is ongoing.


11 posted on 03/18/2022 10:04:09 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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12 posted on 03/18/2022 10:04:22 AM PDT by Old West Conservative
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“Ukraine and Russia are NOT aligned on Russia’s demand for Ukraine to reduce post-war troop levels to only 24,000 Ukrainian troops. “

But they are aligned on Ukraine’s conditional surrender.

As each day passes Ukraine loses leverage. Contrary to the fantastic BS in the media.

They need a deal. There is no rescue cavalry coming.


13 posted on 03/18/2022 10:05:42 AM PDT by Mariner (War criminal #18)
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Russia needs a deal, too. So does China and the U.S.


14 posted on 03/18/2022 10:06:46 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Little Ray
IT will be back to COVID. Or maybe an energy crisis. Unless there is another exploitable crisis I missed?
Climate change will still be in the mix (it never really went away). But there will always be another crisis, as long as we allow more government power in a crisis.
15 posted on 03/18/2022 10:06:57 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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What are you Putin Propaganda bots going to talk about?

So far I seeing about a 95-5% split around here with the Putin bots relentlessly pushing their Chamberlain style appeasement dogmas

So glad we spent all that time, blood and treasure winning the Cold War so the gutless coward choir on the Alex Jones right could piss it away.

16 posted on 03/18/2022 10:10:54 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: Mariner
Thank you Mouth of Putin for the daily dose of Russian propaganda

What ever are you going to do once this ends and you no longer have Putin propaganda to push here daily?

17 posted on 03/18/2022 10:13:10 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: JonPreston

“What are War KooKs going to talk about when the Ukraine is over?”

Then they can go back to focusing on the lynching issue.


18 posted on 03/18/2022 10:13:24 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: MNJohnnie

You cannot blame a talking head for the rapid decline in US military/nuclear superiority.

Your enemy lies elsewhere.


19 posted on 03/18/2022 10:14:55 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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What are you bots going to talk about?

The collapse of our Southern border, and all things to relate to America. Try it sometime.

20 posted on 03/18/2022 10:15:41 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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