The head of the Russian delegation at the talks with Ukraine Vladimir Medinsky said that Russia is not against Ukraine's entry into the European Union. This is reported by the publishing house "

Medinsky also added that:.

Ukraine abandons the desire to return the Crimea and Donbass by military means;

Kyiv promises to refuse to join military alliances;

Kyiv's proposals provide for the proclamation of Ukraine as a permanently neutral state under international legal guarantees;

Ukraine's proposals are a constructive step towards a compromise, Russia will consider them.

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Earlier, the Ukrainian side, following the results of the Istanbul talks, stated that Ukraine wants the countries of the UN Security Council to be signatories of security guarantees, which should be similar to Article 5 of NATO.. However, these guarantees will not apply to the temporarily occupied territories of Donbass and Crimea, since issues regarding them have not yet been resolved..