Putain at his best (translated by DeepL)
At a meeting with leaders of African countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin told his side of the story about the peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine that were held in Turkey in March 2022.
According to Putin, a peace treaty was negotiated, agreed to by the Ukrainian delegation and initialled. The document was entitled 'Treaty on Permanent Neutrality and Security Guarantees for Ukraine'. According to its provisions, Ukraine would retain its neutral status and give up its aspirations to join NATO in exchange for security guarantees from the US, China, the UK, France, Turkey and Belarus. It was also to agree on the reduction of the Ukrainian armed forces to the number (of men and equipment) that was specified in the draft agreement. The draft stipulated that the SZU could not exceed 250,000 men and that Ukraine could have 342 tanks and 1,029 infantry fighting vehicles. In exchange for Ukrainian concessions, Russia would withdraw to its starting positions in Crimea and the Donbass. According to Putin, the withdrawal of Russian troops from the Kiev and Chernigov areas was Russia's fulfilment of its obligations under the agreement. The Russian president "regretfully" stated that the Russians had kept their promise to withdraw troops and then Ukraine "threw the agreement into the dustbin of history". The Russians also claim that the most important Western politician who urged (or even 'teased') Zelensky to continue fighting and not fulfil the agreement was British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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