After the end of the first round of Talks between Russia and Ukraine, which everyone is concerned about, and before the start of the upcoming second round of follow-up talks, the Russian side has made their bottom line.
The scene of the first round of Russian-Ukrainian talks
According to the latest report of the Global Network, the Russian foreign minister said in a special interview with the media that the russian negotiating bottom line was published for the upcoming second round of Russian-Ukrainian peace talks, and the Russian side promised to ensure the personal safety of Ukrainian President Zelenskiy, but if the Ukrainian side does not agree or does not accept the bottom line of the negotiations proposed by Russia, Russia will have no choice and will be forced to continue to carry out armed attacks until the Ukrainian side agrees or accepts Russia's request, which has no room for bargaining. It can be said that Russia's attitude is very tough.
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
What is the bottom line of russia's demands? In fact, it is the direct trigger of this military conflict - the Ukrainian side must maintain permanent neutrality, Ukraine must not join NATO, and there can be no deployment of special weapons and equipment in Ukraine that pose a threat to Russia.
Medium-range ballistic missiles
So, what exactly is the so-called special weaponry? Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov did not point it out in detail, but according to the speculation of the Western media, the so-called special weapons and equipment may include strategic weapons such as medium-range ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and mid-range anti-missile systems, that is, weapons and equipment provided by NATO countries.
These special weapons of Russia's concern can be understood as not directly or indirectly threatening Russia's national security and strategic position.
Flag of Russia
Although Russia's attitude is relatively tough, Russia does not want to directly overthrow the Ukrainian regime or directly occupy Ukraine, the Russian side is to recognize Zelenskiy as the president of Ukraine, but Russia hopes that zelenskiy's government will cooperate with Russia, accept Russia's demands in the peace talks between the two sides, and end the conflict as soon as possible. After all, the war is a very large financial expenditure, we know that Russia is a military power, but it is not economically strong, mainly based on energy and natural gas exports to domestic economic growth.
Oil extraction
However, according to Western media estimates, this is the Russian side is creating good external conditions for the upcoming peace negotiations between the two sides, which can pave the way for the two sides to reach an agreement.
But is the Ukrainian side buying it? Will Ukraine immediately and unconditionally cease its military conflict?
According to Ukrainian negotiators recently, Russia and Ukraine have a common language in the direction of stopping military conflicts, and other key issues between the two sides have also exchanged views and in-depth discussions.
A corner of the scene of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict
So will there be new progress in the follow-up negotiations between the two sides? Will it move in the direction that both sides expect? Will there be other variables? At present, we do not know, but it can be inferred that if Ukraine does not have the support of NATO and the European Union, it is likely that Ukraine will accept all the demands of Russia, because Ukraine has no choice, and it is only a matter of time before Ukraine without foreign aid is defeated.