The situation in Russia and Ukraine has sent positive signals, the Ukrainian side has admitted that it is no longer committed to applying for NATO membership, at the same time, Russian President Putin is ready to resolve the conflict through dialogue, and the special military operations carried out by the Russian army in Ukraine are also nearing the end.
According to CCTV News reported on March 7, on March 6, local time, Putin held telephone talks with Turkish President Erdogan. During the talks, Putin briefed Erdogan on the main objectives and tasks of the current special military operation. Putin pointed out that Russia is ready to resolve the conflict through dialogue with Ukraine and foreign partners. At the same time, Putin stressed that only when Ukraine abandons the war and meets the demands made by the Russian side, it is possible for Russia to stop special military operations. The Russian side hopes that in the new round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, Ukraine can take into account the actual situation and show a more constructive attitude.
A day earlier, Putin pointed out that Russia's task of attacking military infrastructure in Ukraine is nearing completion, and most of Ukraine's military infrastructure, including weapons and ammunition depots and air defense systems, has been destroyed. In response to the war, which took more than a decade, Putin said that the decision to carry out special military operations was difficult but necessary. Ukraine's accession to NATO could lead to a future conflict between Russia and NATO, and if the Ukrainians acquire nuclear weapons, then Russia's fate will be completely different. This is definitely a real threat.
It is worth mentioning that just when Putin announced that the special military operation has come to an end, the Ukrainian side also seems to have made some concessions, on March 6, local time, a member of the Russian-Ukrainian negotiating Ukrainian delegation and chairman of the parliamentary group of the Ukrainian People's Servant Party, Allahmia, said that in the next 5 to 10 years, NATO is not ready to discuss the issue of Ukraine joining the organization. In addition, Arahamia also said that The Ukrainian side will no longer be committed to submitting an application to join NATO, but will discuss a certain "non-NATO model". On this issue, it is not only Russia that Ukraine must engage in dialogue with.
Obviously, the Ukrainian side has made this statement, and it should be said that this is a breakthrough result, which will help to end the conflict as soon as possible and save the ordinary people of Uzbekistan from the suffering of war and chaos. However, after carefully considering the words of the Ukrainian negotiators, it is not difficult to find that there are obviously several "traps" hidden in his statement. For example, on the issue of time, the Ukrainian side's statement is that "in the next 5 to 10 years, NATO will not discuss Ukraine's accession", but what if this time has passed? Does NATO have any intention of continuing to woo Ukraine to join? The representative of the Ukrainian side did not explain this.
Secondly, the Ukrainian representative also mentioned the so-called "non-NATO model", and stressed that "the dialogue with it is not only Russia", which means that at least there will be external forces involved, and the so-called "non-NATO model", whether it includes de-weaponization, whether to join the European Union, these Ukrainian sides have not explained, but this is precisely the Russian side is very concerned about the issue, the Russian side launched a special military operation against Ukraine this time, a very important point is to let Ukraine "de-militarize", "de-Nazismization", obviously, This so-called "non-NATO model" can not meet Russia's requirements; finally there is a "trap", the Ukrainian representative said that "NATO is not ready to discuss Ukraine's accession to the organization", the implication of which is that whether Ukraine joins NATO, this is not something that can be decided by Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, and this is obviously difficult to satisfy Russia. If the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine do not involve this, what is the significance of the negotiations?