⚡️ The New York Times Publishes Full Draft of April 2022 Russian-Ukrainian Treaty for the First TimeThe main points of the treaty include:
📍Both sides agreed to exclude Crimea from their treaty, leaving it under Russian control without recognition by Ukraine.
📍Ukraine would not join military alliances or deploy foreign military bases and contingents.
📍Ukraine would recognize the independence of the DNR (Donetsk People's Republic) and LNR (Luhansk People's Republic) within the administrative boundaries of Ukraine's former Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
📍Russia demanded that Ukraine make Russian an official language.
📍Ukraine wanted its allies to be bound by a treaty to intervene if attacked again, such as by closing airspace and providing necessary weapons.
📍Russia demanded the lifting of all sanctions.
The draft provided for limiting the number of 📍Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) and their equipment. Ukraine was willing to accept limitations but sought higher limits, proposing up to 100,000 men, 147 mortars, and 10 attack helicopters. The range of Ukrainian missiles would be limited to 40 kilometers.
📍Ukraine was allowed to join the European Union (EU).
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