Presidents of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Kazakhstan Kasim-Jomart Tokayev discussed the probable nuclear-free and neutral status of Ukraine by phone. This was reported by the press service of the head of Kazakhstan.

" A common understanding was expressed of the exceptional importance of reaching agreements on a neutral, non-bloc, non-nuclear status of Ukraine,"

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Recall that the head of the legal group at the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, Alexander Chaly, said that security guarantees should be analogous to Article 5 of NATO. This means that an attack on our state will be considered an attack on all signatories.. Chaly noted that if they are agreed upon, our side agrees to permanent neutrality, non-alignment and non-nuclear. But nothing should contradict Ukraine's right to join the EU.

The head of the Ukrainian delegation, David Arakhamia, told whom Ukraine wants to see as signatories of security guarantees.

He also said that the document will not apply to the temporarily occupied territories of Donbass and Crimea, since issues regarding them have not yet been resolved..

Earlier, the United States announced its readiness to act as one of the guarantors of Ukraine's security.. Then the same was announced in Italy and Germany. At the same time, Deputy British Prime Minister Dominic Raab said that London would consider Ukraine's request, but he ruled out taking guarantees that NATO countries have..