The Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov stated on August 20, 2025, local time, that Russia agrees to provide security guarantees for Ukraine on an equal basis with the participation of UN Security Council member states. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said: "Russia agrees that the security guarantees for Ukraine should be participated in equally by countries such as China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France." Lavrov stated that the principles include Ukraine abandoning its membership in NATO or any other military alliance, and confirming Ukraine's neutrality and nuclear-free status. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that Russia cannot agree to the resolution of collective security guarantees without Russia's participation. Russia agrees to provide security guarantees for Ukraine, which can be ensured by Russia itself.
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov means that after the war, the peacekeeping operations or post-war security guarantees for Ukraine must involve the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. Since Russia is one of the five permanent members, the Russian military can participate. Similarly, China, also a permanent member, can also participate in peacekeeping operations. The future ceasefire goals estimated by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov are like this. If such post-war security guarantees for Ukraine are clearly divided between the Western countries and Russia, it is obvious that the West will not stay idle and will definitely cause trouble. It is useless to impose rules on the West.
In fact, if the United States and NATO completely leave Ukraine, and Ukraine becomes neutralized, the fighting would stop immediately the next day. However, the United States and NATO have used all their efforts to refuse, raising a lot of conditions. Russia does not trust the Western presence in Ukraine, and the West also does not trust the Russian presence in Ukraine. Therefore, it is necessary to find a third party, starting from the five permanent members. Russia can only trust China. At the same time, it should not allow so many Western countries to participate, which would make China feel caught in the middle. Instead, major countries such as South Africa, Brazil, and India should be involved, so that Western countries cannot take too many small actions. On the other hand, Russia has started talking about security guarantees, and it is not a big demand. This may indicate that the war has entered the state expected by Russia, and at some point in the future, it can be paused. Otherwise, Russia, the US, and the UK could divide and occupy Ukraine and Kyiv. The southeast region could be occupied by Russia, considering the US does not want to send troops and the UK and France lack money. The occupation areas of the US, UK, and France could be managed by India, Brazil, and South Africa!
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