REFERENCE: The Russian Demands (Part II)

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kremlin-provides-list-of-demands-to-ukraine-for-ending-war

The demands include Ukraine ceasing all military actions, changing its constitution to ensure neutrality, acknowledging Crimea as Russian territory, and recognizing two republics in the Donbas region as independent territories.

 

Demand 1:

https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/what-could-a-ukraine-russia-peace-agreement-look-like-55615

According to sources familiar with the ongoing discussions and the developing peace plan, the most important part of the draft is related to Ukraine’s neutral military status. The draft suggests that Ukraine will drop plans to be a part of NATO and will not host any foreign military bases and weaponry, accepting to be a neutral country like Sweden or Austria.

 

Demand 2:

https://sites.utu.fi/bre/fresh-water-of-the-crimean-peninsula/

Until 2014 Crimea provided itself with about 20% of its own fresh water resources. So, on average in 1990-2000 the total water resources of the Crimea were: water from the Dnieper River through the North Crimean Canal – 78.3%; natural river flow (ponds and reservoirs) – 11.8%; groundwater – 7.8%; marine waters – 2.1%. That is, Crimea received about 80% of fresh resources from the Dnieper water supplied through the North Crimean Canal.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kherson_Oblast#Russian_invasion

Since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, Russian forces have occupied most of the oblast, with government by the "Kherson military–civilian administration" from 28 April to 30 September.

 

Demand 3:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbas_(2014%E2%80%932022)#2022_full-scale_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a new, full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The DPR and LPR joined the offensive; the separatists stated that an operation to capture the entirety of Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast had begun. By 25 March 2022, Russian forces claimed control over 93 percent of Luhansk oblast and 54 percent of Donetsk oblast. Having encountered heavy resistance to its operations in other parts of Ukraine, Russia announced on the same day that it would shift its focus to the complete "liberation" of the Donbas.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_annexation_of_Donetsk,_Kherson,_Luhansk_and_Zaporizhzhia_oblasts

On 30 September 2022, Russia, amid an ongoing invasion of Ukraine, unilaterally declared its annexation of areas in and around four Ukrainian oblasts – Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia. The boundaries of the areas to be annexed and their borders were not defined; Russian officials stated that they would be defined later. None of the oblasts were fully under Russian control at the time of the declaration, nor since.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast#Russian_invasion

On 23–27 September 2022, the Russian Federation held a referendum in the occupied territories of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts for "independence and subsequent entry into the Russian Federation". These referendums are recognized by most states to be staged and against international law. On 29 September 2022, the Russian Federation recognized Zaporizhzhia Oblast as an independent state. On 30 September, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast and three other Ukrainian territories, and signed "accession decrees" that are widely considered to be illegal. At that time, Russia was only in control of about 70% of the province as a whole. The United Nations General Assembly subsequently passed a resolution calling on countries not to recognise what it described as an "attempted illegal annexation" and demanded that Russia "immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw".

 

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