Ukraine denied Russia's claims that Kyiv could agree to a neutral status on the Swedish or Austrian model.

" On the negotiating table - "

As Podolyak explained, the "

" And no other models or options,"

Mykhailo Podolyak noted that Ukraine "

Earlier, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that in negotiations with Kiev, the demilitarization of Ukraine according to the Austrian or Swedish options is being discussed with the preservation of its own army, but without the presence of foreign military bases..

He noted that such an option could be seen as " Peskov did not say whether the lifting of Western sanctions against Russia is a condition for concluding an agreement with Ukraine.

Ukraine's constitution enshrined the country's desire for NATO membership. However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has recently stated that this goal is unrealizable..

On February 24, Russia launched a war against Ukraine in order, according to Moscow, to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO and to achieve the demilitarization and " Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, in response, demanded the " Deutsche Welle reports..