Russia Responds to NATO Ally's Alleged Offer to Freeze Ukraine War

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Posted on 11/18/2024 12:13:26 PM PST by marcusmaximus

Russia will not accept a reported Turkey-formulated proposal to end to the fighting in Ukraine after nearly 1,000 days of war, the Kremlin said on Monday, as the prospect of a ceasefire that had long seemed unrealistic looms over the horizon with a new U.S. presidency.

Bloomberg reported on Sunday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was preparing to present a plan to fellow G20 leaders, which would freeze the war in Ukraine along the front lines currently snaking for hundreds of miles through the country. The Turkish leader would lay out the plans during the summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday, the outlet reported.

"The option of freezing the line of military conflict is a priori unacceptable for the Russian side," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, responding to the report.

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One idea floated among officials in Trump's camp could see Ukraine pledging not to join NATO for at least 20 years, while Washington continues funneling weapons into the country to dissuade Russia from launching fresh attacks, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month.

The conflict would become frozen, with Russia keeping a grip on roughly a fifth of Ukraine. A demilitarized zone would mark Kyiv's and Moscow's control down the current front lines, likely policed by European forces.

Erdogan will propose that Ukraine delays talks on joining NATO for at least a decade, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed people briefed on the president's thinking. The plan will feature a demilitarized zone in eastern Ukraine, where international troops could be placed, according to the report.

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