Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) compares the US peace proposal for Ukraine to its capitulation. “The proposal that is currently on the table is something that Ukraine could have had a year ago by capitulating and essentially giving up everything” said the SPD politician on Monday to RTL and ntv. “No NATO membership and no sufficient security guarantees.” Ukraine has already received security guarantees twice, in 1994 and after Minsk. “And both times it didn’t help.” Whether Ukraine must surrender territory for a peace agreement with Russia is a decision that Ukraine as a sovereign state will make. “At the same time, one can hear from Ukraine that it is clear that it will have to accept the surrender of certain territories to Russia in practice, not legally or under international law, but in practice. But how large they are and which they will be, that is up to Ukraine to decide.
Ukraine Could Have Had This Last Year by Surrendering
