Russia’s top negotiator at the peace talks with Ukraine Vladimir Medinsky has said that Kiev is floating the idea of becoming a neutral nation. “Ukraine is proposing an Austrian or a Swedish model of a neutral demilitarized state, but with its own army and navy,” Medinsky told reporters on Wednesday, ...
Kremlin said on Wednesday that Ukraine’s conversion into a demilitarized country, like Austria or Sweden, with its own army, can be regarded as a compromise. “This is the option that is really being discussed now and which can be seen as a real compromise,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. ...