JAKARTA - Russia says security guarantees for Ukraine will increase the risk of conflict between Moscow and the West by making Kyiv a "strategic provocateur" on Russia's borders.
Ukraine's allies in Europe are working on a series of guarantees for Ukraine that could be part of a potential peace settlement and will be designed to protect Kyiv from possible Russian attacks in the future.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he expected a security guarantee framework to be set as early as next week.
"Security guarantees must be based on achieving a common understanding that considers Russia's security interests," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova said on Friday, August 29.
Maria said the current proposal "is unilateral and clearly designed to curb Russia."
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"This proposal violates the inseparable security principle and places Kyiv as a strategic provocateur on Russia's borders, thereby increasing the risk of the alliance (NATO) engaging in armed conflict with our country."
Moscow previously said it did not like Europe's proposals and would not accept the presence of NATO troops on Ukrainian territory.
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