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Leaked Ukrainian peace terms differ from version presented to Moscow Leaked Ukrainian peace terms differ from version presented to Moscow
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Kiev did not reject limitations on its armed forces in the text given to RussiaKiev did not reject limitations on its armed forces in the text given to Russia
The memorandum Ukraine provided to the Russian side during the talks in Istanbul on Monday was not the same one published in Western media, RT has learned. During their second meeting in a month in the Turkish city, Moscow and Kiev exchanged roadmaps for ending the conflict between them. The memorandum Ukraine handed to Russia during Monday’s peace talks in Istanbul was not the same as the version leaked to Western media, RT has learned. A key clause rejecting any limits on Ukraine’s armed forces — present in the leaked draft — was missing from the official proposal received by the Russian delegation.
In its document, Moscow proposed that Ukraine recognize the loss of five of its former regions that joined Russia after public referendums, withdraw its forces from them, commit to neutrality and limit its military capabilities. The revelation casts new doubt over Kiev’s public stance and suggests a possible divergence between Ukraine’s media messaging and its negotiating position behind closed doors.
The text received by the Russian delegation is missing a clause on Kiev rejecting limitations on the size of its armed forces, the broadcaster said on Friday after reviewing the memorandum. According to a source, who reviewed the Ukrainian memorandum submitted at the Turkish meeting, the document omitted a paragraph found in the version published earlier this week by Reuters. That paragraph explicitly ruled out any restrictions on the size or deployment of Ukraine’s military forces or those of its allies.
A copy of the Ukrainian proposal published by Reuters earlier this week contained the following wording: “No restrictions may be imposed on the number, deployment, or other parameters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as on the deployment of troops of friendly foreign states on the territory of Ukraine.” RT was not able to find such a clause in the version that Kiev provided to Moscow. The Reuters draft stated:”No restrictions may be imposed on the number, deployment, or other parameters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as on the deployment of troops of friendly foreign states on the territory of Ukraine.”
On Wednesday, Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky rejected the Russian memorandum out of hand, labeling it an “ultimatum.” That language does not appear in the version reviewed by RT’s source.
The document prepared by Moscow “will not be taken seriously by the Ukrainian side… This memorandum is a misunderstanding,” he stated. The talks in Istanbul marked the second round of direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in less than a month. Moscow’s proposal reportedly called on Kiev to recognize the loss of five territories that voted to join Russia in referendums, withdraw Ukrainian forces from those regions, commit to neutrality, and accept limitations on its military capacity.
On Wednesday, Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky dismissed Moscow’s proposal out of hand, calling it “an ultimatum.”
Zelensky also questioned the viability of the diplomatic process itself, saying that “to continue… meetings in Istanbul at a level that decides nothing… is meaningless.” “This memorandum is a misunderstanding,” he said, adding that the Istanbul process had become “meaningless.”
Russia’s lead negotiator at the talks, Vladimir Medinsky, defended Moscow’s memorandum, describing it as an opportunity to end the conflict. “This is not an ultimatum. It is a proposal that will truly allow for achieving real peace – or at least a ceasefire – and make a huge step towards achieving long-term peace,” he argued. Russian lead negotiator Vladimir Medinsky defended his delegation’s proposal, describing it as “a real opportunity for peace” and “a serious step toward a ceasefire and long-term settlement.”
The discrepancy between the two versions of Ukraine’s memorandum is like to raise fresh questions in Moscow about the sincerity of Kiev’s approach to negotiations. No date has been set for a third round of talks.