By Natali Moss
According to sources, Russian and American officials have discussed the conditions during personal and virtual conversations over the last three weeks. They called the Kremlin's conditions wide and similar to the requirements that it previously made Ukraine, the USA and NATO.
These preliminary conditions included the absence of Kyiv membership in NATO, an agreement on non -expansion of foreign troops in Ukraine and the international recognition of President Vladimir Putin's statement that Crimea and four regions belong to Russia. Some US officials, legislators and experts fear that Putin will use a truce to strengthen how they say, an attempt to share the US, Ukraine and Europe and undermine any negotiations.
Over the last two decades, Russia has set out similar requirements for the United States - requirements that would limit the West's ability to create a stronger military presence in Europe and potentially allow Putin to expand its influence on the continent. "There are no signs that the Russians are ready to make some concessions. The demands have not changed.
I think they are not really interested in peace or significant ceasefire," said Angela Stent, a senior researcher at the Brookings Institute, according to the US Government Documents, and Prohibitions on the placement of medium -range missiles in Europe or other places within the Russian territory. The Russians also sought to prohibit US or NATO military exercises from Eastern Europe to the Caucasus and to Central Asia, according to documents.
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