A Kremlin spokesman said that Russia Two weeks after the offensive began, Ukraine said it was ready to quickly halt military operations if its demands were met.
“These demands include asking Ukraine to stop all military actions, changing its constitution to reject any intention to enter any bloc such as NATO or the European Union, recognizing Crimea as Russian territory, and recognizing the separate regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states,” Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. .
He added, “We are already in the process of ending the process of disarming Ukraine. We will finish it. But the main thing is that Ukraine stops its military action, they must stop their military action and after that no one will shoot.”
Peskov continued: “We also talked about how they should realize that Crimea is a Russian land and that they need to recognize that Donetsk and Luhansk are independent states. And that’s it… It will stop in a moment.” In reference to the military operations in Ukraine.
Peskov said Ukrainian officials are aware of the demands made during the first two rounds of talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations last week.
Peskov said that the attack came to protect 3 million Russian-speaking people in Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk, and indicated that they were threatened by 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers who were supplied with US and British weapons, an assertion that Ukraine strongly denied.
He also said that Russia must act to counter perceived threats from NATO, and that it was “just a matter of time” before the alliance places missiles in Ukraine. “We just understood that we can’t stand this anymore,” he added.