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Is the beginning of negotiations not in Polish or Latvian interest because they want com

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plete Russian defeat and mandatory reparations from Russia to help rebuild Ukraine? Or is there some other reason? I see the most essential part of any peace agreement a mandate that Ukraine be prohibited from joining NATO. That would imply that Ukraine not demilitarize, because deprived of NATO Article 5 Ukraine will be forced to defend itself. Territory will have to be hammered out at a peace conference. But Russia must keep Crimea and parts of Ukraine it occupied before February 24, 2019.

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