Moscow March 7 2022: Russia has said that it can stop operations at “any moment” if Ukraine meets Russian conditions.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Ukraine must recognise Crimea as Russian, and Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states.
In addition to this, Peskov says Ukraine must amend its constitution and reject claims to enter any bloc (like Nato, for example).
He adds that Russia will finish the “demilitarisation” of Ukraine, and if these conditions are met Russian military action will “stop in a moment”.
The Kremlin spokesman insists that Russia is not seeking to make any further territorial claims on Ukraine.
Russia seized and annexed Crimea in March 2014, and weeks later threw its support behind pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
But turning that wish into reality will take time – something Ukraine does not have.
