GUERRA NA UCRÂNIA: AVANÇOS NAS CONVERSAÇÕES?

«In a key development, Russia may allow Ukraine to join the European Union (EU) provided it commits to stay out of NATO, as Ukrainian authorities expressed openness to a neutrality commitment as part of broader negotiations to halt Russia's invasion of the ex-Soviet state, The Financial Times reported.

According to the report, which cited four unnamed sources, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are weighing a deal that would require Ukraine to be militarily neutral, barring it from joining NATO or hosting foreign bases. However, the deal would allow Ukraine to seek security guarantees from other countries and pursue EU membership. These security guarantees, according to Ukrainian politician and negotiator David Arakhamia, would oblige nations like the US to aid Ukraine if it is attacked, an arrangement he compared to NATO's Article 5 collective defence norm.

According to the Financial Times, preliminary ceasefire negotiations does not contain any demands that Ukraine's government "demilitarise" or "denazify," two of Russian President Vladimir Putin's stated aims when he ordered the invasion last month. Ever since the onset of military aggression, negotiators have met for ceasefire discussions many times. It's still unclear whether Ukraine and Russia will reach an agreement. There are still "unresolved matters" between the two sides, according to Arakhamia, and some Ukrainian and Western officials appear to question Russia's sincerity.»