The NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, said that Ukraine needs to acknowledge Russia's de facto control over part of its territory in negotiations with Russia, but not formally confirm it in writing.
Rutte believes that two important issues need to be discussed in the peace agreement negotiations: the territorial issue and security guarantees for Ukraine. First, Ukraine needs to acknowledge that part of its territory is "occupied" by Russia, and it is impossible to recover it in the short term. Therefore, these territories will effectively be considered Russian territory, but legally they will still belong to Ukraine, which gives Ukraine the opportunity in the future to demand Russia return these territories through diplomatic means. The most critical point is that Ukraine should not legally ensure the Russian status of these territories by signing any documents. Otherwise, the possibility of these territories being returned to Ukraine in the future would be very small.
Second, Rutte confirmed that NATO and Europe will continue to provide weapons to Ukraine, and these countries will participate in purchasing weapons from the United States, then providing them to Ukraine. Currently, two options are being prepared: the first option is that the Netherlands will pay for the purchase of American weapons, and the second option is that the Scandinavian countries will pay for the purchase of American weapons.
It's so annoying, do politicians like Rutte have nothing but garbage in their heads? They really treat Russia as a three-year-old child. Even a three-year-old child can realize he has been deceived after being tricked many times, let alone Russia is not a three-year-old child. Rutte's proposal, not only will Russia not accept it, but Ukraine will also find it difficult to accept.
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