Russia offered to end its invasion of Ukraine if it dumped plans to join NATO, but Kyiv feared a double-cross, says negotiator
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🇺🇦 Zypimpsky is stupid!
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You seem to be missing a lot of context of these negotiations. They were not close to an agreement. There was no agreed to plan that Ukraine backed out of. They were still very far apart. Ukraine would only agreed to not join NATO if they were security agreements and Russia wouldn't agree to those.
The negotiations only came up after Moscow's initial plan for a quick strike decapitation failed.
They invaded from the East and also from Belarus in the North. The Convoy from the north failed. The plan to take the airport at Hostomel failed.
Taking the airport was a key objective. It was where the main attack force for Kyiv was going to land. In one day the Russians realized they weren't going to be able bring more forces to the airport because of the losses they suffered the first day. Hundreds of Russian paratroopers were said to be killed.
This is the background to negotiations. Russia's Plan A failed.
You could see the peace talks as a way for Russia to regroup and try again in 2023.
Russia wanted Ukraine not to join NATO and Ukraine wanted security agreements Russia would invade again. Russia rejected this.
Russia says Ukraine presented 'unacceptable' draft peace deal Reuters April 7, 202210:31 AM EDT https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-ukraine-presented-unacceptable-draft-peace-deal-2022-04-07/
More info on what the negotiator said https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/11/25/head-of-ukraine-delegation-at-spring-2022-peace-talks-confirms-russian-delegation-offered-to-end-war-if-ukraine-abandoned-nato-aspirations-says-leaders-had-no-trust-russia-would-follow-through
Furthermore, as Russia abandoned its plans to take Kyiv, what they did in Bucha was revealed. They found a mass grave behind a church, they found bodies of people with their hands behind their back executed at short range.
as mentioned in the article.
Ah yes, because after all the other attempts to frame Russia for attacks on their own people, clearly that one is the one that has merit! That one is the one they're DEFINITELY not lying about.