According to reports, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said the Kremlin hopes that “Teke” promises to ban Ukraine from joining North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), The Trump administration is committed to facilitating a deal to end the fight.
“We will ask Tikrad’s security assurance to be part of the agreement,” according to Reuters. “Part of these assurances should be Ukraine’s neutral status, and NATO countries refuse to accept the alliance.”
Grushko reportedly did not mention a 30-day ceasefire proposal, which was accepted by Ukrainian and U.S. negotiators last week. Russian President Vladimir Putin It has been pointed out that any agreement must first meet the critical conditions.
In this pool photo distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin chaired a Security Council meeting on 14 March 2025 at a video conference at the Novo-Gogaryovo national residence outside Moscow. (Aleksey Babushkin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff told CNN on Sunday that Trump and Putin will speak on the phone this week. Witkov himself described the “positive” and “solution-based” meeting with Putin in Moscow last week.
Grushko reportedly reiterated in an interview with Izvestia that Russia remains strictly opposed to the deployment of European troops to Ukraine, As the UK, France and Australia said they were willing to send NATO “peacekeeping” troops to the country.
“It doesn’t matter which tag to deploy on the NATO contingent on Ukrainian territory: whether it’s the EU, NATO or as a national identity,” Grushko said. “If they appear there, it means they are deployed in the conflict zone, all consequences of these accidentalities as parties to the conflict.”
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko met in Moscow on March 11, 2025 in Russia’s Foreign Minister and the OSCE Secretary-General. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Levitt told reporters that we have never been so close to peace since Russia invaded Ukraine. ”
“We can talk about unarmed observers, which is a civilian mission that can oversee implementation of all aspects of the agreement, or assurance mechanisms,” Grushko added. “At the same time, it’s just hot air.”
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer held a virtual meeting on Saturday, with 26 countries likely willing to participate in Ukraine’s “peacekeeping force.”
French President Emmanuel Macron, Meanwhile, the purpose was to “deploy thousands of people at key points to carry out training programs” and “express our support for a long-term basis,” according to a quote from several French media on Saturday.
Macron reportedly reportedly said: “If Ukraine requires the Allies to be on its territory, it will not be accepted by Russia.”
French President Emmanuel Macron participated in a video call, attending a virtual summit held by the British Prime Minister and Ukraine’s Peace and Security at Elysee Palace in Paris on March 15, 2025. (Kiran Ridley/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also said he is willing to send troops.
Grushko further argued that the resolution of the three-year conflict could only be maintained if European allies learned that Ukraine must be banned from NATO membership and foreign military contingents were banned.
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“Then the security of Ukraine and the entire region will be ensured, as one of the root causes of the conflict will be eliminated,” Grushko said.
