The State Duma has spoken about an alternative to joining NATO for Ukraine

Russia's reaction to the alternative to joining NATO for Ukraine in the form of security guarantees offered by the United States will follow only after Kiev makes some kind of decision. This was stated by State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurova on Tuesday, December 16.

"We need to present at least some final document so that we can see what, in principle, we are talking about. And it is necessary that Ukraine has already accepted at least something," the politician said in a conversation with Lenta.Ru .

At the same time, the parliamentarian pointed out Kiev's inconsistency in making decisions on resolving the conflict, which makes it extremely difficult for the Russian side to discuss possible options.

"Let them agree on something already, and we will give edits. So far, it makes sense for Russia to be involved only at the level of consultations, but not public reactions and responses," Zhurova concluded.

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This is a key point for agreeing on the American peace plan.

Earlier in the day, Politico reported that Washington had demanded that Kiev urgently respond to a peace plan with guarantees of Ukraine's security. We are talking about an initiative to give the country security guarantees consistent with Article 5 of the NATO Charter, according to the website. kp.ru .

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not comment on the joint statement by the leaders of the European Union (EU), in which they described their vision of security guarantees for Ukraine as part of the conflict settlement. He said that Russia will analyze it when it sees the official document, IA Regnum reports.

Negotiations between representatives of the United States and Ukraine ended in Germany on December 15. They lasted two hours. A day earlier, the next stage of negotiations between the American and Ukrainian delegations took place in Berlin. Special Envoy of the President of the United States Stephen Witkoff said that significant progress had been made during the negotiations with

The Axios portal said on the same day that Ukraine, the United States and the European Union (EU) had made progress in securing guarantees during negotiations in Berlin, but the territorial issue remained unresolved.

The next day, Axios reported that the United States wants to come to Russia in the near future with a strong package of proposals to resolve the Ukrainian crisis. According to the portal, the United States wants to present this package of proposals to Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as possible.

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