US Senate reacts to Russia's demand for NATO to withdraw troops

Republican Tom Cotton, Chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, has said that further negotiations with Russia to end the war are a farce, as the Kremlin's demands regarding the withdrawal of troops in NATO countries demonstrate that Putin has no intention of negotiating peace.

Source: Cotton on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Details: Cotton called Russia's demand for NATO countries to withdraw their troops from their own borders preposterous.

"Putin has proved once again that he's not serious about a negotiated peace. Further talks are a farce at this point," the senator said.

In Cotton's view, Putin will agree to stop the war only when he realises he cannot win.

"We need to help Ukraine prove that point," Cotton added.

Background:

• The senator was commenting on a report by The New York Times that during negotiations in Abu Dhabi, Russian officials presented a document demanding, among other things, that NATO withdraw its forces to the positions they occupied in 1997.
• The demand virtually repeats word for word Moscow's position put forward two months before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.

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