US Senate stated that further peace negotiations with Russia are "farce.
The chairman of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, Republican Tom Cotton, stated that continuing negotiations with Russia to end the war makes no sense. In his view, the Kremlin’s demands for the withdrawal of NATO troops indicate that Vladimir Putin has no intention of negotiating a peace agreement.
According to Censor.NET, the senator wrote about this on the social media platform X.
Cotton called Russia's demand that NATO countries withdraw their troops from their own borders absurd.
"Putin has once again proven that he has no intention of taking peace through negotiations seriously. At this point, further negotiations are a farce," the senator said.
Cotton called for aid to Ukraine
According to the American politician, Putin will agree to end the war only when he realizes that he cannot win.
"We must help Ukraine prove this to him," Cotton added.
What led up to this?
During talks in Abu Dhabi Russia once again demanded that NATO reduce its military presence to 1997 levels and refrain from further expansion of the alliance. Moscow also wants to secure a halt to Western arms supplies to Ukraine. These conditions are part of the Kremlin’s proposals for a new European security architecture.
Moscow demands:
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withdraw troops and close military bases in countries that joined NATO after 1997;
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cease the alliance's military activities on the territory of Ukraine and in a number of other regions;
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to withdraw from agreements on the shared use of nuclear weapons;
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Require France and the United Kingdom to rule out the possibility of using their nuclear weapons to defend other European countries.
