Russia’s demands to end Ukraine war

As the U.S. and Russia are engaged in talks on ways to end the war in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has maintained inflexible, maximalist conditions for any potential peace deal

Vladimir Putin

Nuclear power plant
RUSSIA
UKRAINE
BELARUS
POLAND
HUNGARY
MOLDOVA
ROMANIA
Black Sea
Kyiv
Chernobyl (decommissioning)
South Ukraine NPP
Rivne
Khmelnytskyi
Zaporizhya (Russian-occupied)
DNIPRO
ODESA
MYKOLAIV
KHARKIV
DONETSK
ZAPORIZHYA
KHERSON
CRIMEA
LUHANSK
125 miles
200km

Russia-annexed oblasts
Russia-occupied, (as of Mar 17)
Russian-defined Novorossiya

CEASEFIRE
Putin says he supports 30-day truce, but demands guarantees that Kyiv will not mobilise or train troops, nor receive military aid during period

TERRITORY
Demands that Ukraine surrenders entirety of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhya and Kherson oblasts, including areas that Russian forces do not already occupy

Putin has recently claimed that Novorossiya – defined by Kremlin as all of eastern and southern Ukraine – is integral part of Russia

NATO
Kyiv must renounce plans to join NATO. Putin also rejects proposal for European peacekeeping troops in Ukraine as security guarantee

SANCTIONS
Western sanctions imposed after Russia’s invasion in 2022 must be lifted. Trump has signalled willingness to discuss easing sanctions as part of potential peace deal

ELECTIONS
Putin wants presidential elections in Ukraine, which Kyiv says are premature while martial law is in force

Sources: Reuters, ISW
Picture: Getty Images
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