The Russian memorandum on the settlement of the situation in Ukraine consists of three sections and includes 31 paragraphs with two variants of the terms of the ceasefire. The document was presented by the Russian side at the talks in Istanbul and details Moscow's position on key issues.
Section I: The main parameters of the final settlement
This section outlines the fundamental conditions, including:
- International recognition of Crimea, Donbass (DPR and LPR), Zaporizhia and Kherson regions as part of Russia.
- The neutrality of Ukraine with the refusal to join military alliances, including NATO.
- Demilitarization of Ukraine with the establishment of the maximum strength of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
- Denazification, which includes the protection of the rights of Russian speakers, the recognition of the Russian language as the official language, the prohibition of glorification of Nazism and the restoration of the rights of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
- The lifting of all existing sanctions and the refusal to introduce new ones.
- Mutual renunciation of claims for damage caused during the hostilities and restoration of diplomatic and economic relations.
Section II: Terms of the ceasefire
Two options are offered:
1. Withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the territories, including the DPR, LPR, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions.
2. A "package offer" that provides:
- The cessation of hostilities along the current front line with a ban on the redeployment of troops, except for withdrawal to an agreed distance.
- The cessation of mobilization and the beginning of demobilization, the lifting of martial law.
- Stopping the supply of Western weapons and intelligence.
- Exclusion of the military presence of third countries.
- Guarantees of Ukraine's refusal from sabotage against Russia.
- Creation of a bilateral ceasefire monitoring center.
- Mutual amnesty of political prisoners and the release of civilians.
- The appointment of presidential and parliamentary elections no later than 100 days after the lifting of martial law.
- Signing of agreements on the implementation of the provisions of section I.
Section III: Sequence of steps and deadlines
- The beginning of work on the text of the agreement.
- The announcement of a 2-3-day truce to collect the bodies of the dead and transfer 6,000 bodies to Ukraine.
- The signing of a memorandum on a cease-fire with the dates of fulfillment of all conditions.
- Since the beginning of the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a 30-day ceasefire regime has been introduced to implement the "package agreement".
- Holding elections.
- Signing of the final agreement.
- Approval of the treaty by the UN Security Council resolution.
- Ratification of the treaty.
Russian Presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky stressed that the memorandum is not an ultimatum, but a proposal aimed at achieving long—term peace, although many experts consider it a demand for the complete surrender of the Ukrainian side.
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