Radio Liberty obtained a draft agreement that Moscow proposed to Ukraine in the early days of the full-scale invasion in 2022. However, it was more of a document demanding capitulation.
🔻 Ukraine was to reduce its army to 50,000 personnel, four ships, 55 helicopters, and 300 tanks.
🔻 Ukraine was offered an obligation “not to develop, produce, purchase, or deploy missile weapons” with a range exceeding 250 km on its territory.
🔻 Ukraine was to “recognize the independence” of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk “republics” within the administrative borders of Ukraine.
🔻 Ukraine had to finance the reconstruction of the Donbas infrastructure that had been destroyed since 2014.
🔻 Russia demanded the lifting of all sanctions — both Ukrainian and international — and the withdrawal of all international lawsuits filed since 2014.
🔻 Russia insisted that the Russian language be granted state status and that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate regain all property rights.
🔻 Russia demanded that Ukrainian troops lay down their arms and “return to barracks,” while Russian troops would remain in place.
The draft titled “Agreement on the Settlement of the Situation in Ukraine and Ukraine’s Neutrality” was dated March 7, 2022. Radio Liberty obtained it from a Ukrainian source, and a Russian source close to the negotiations confirmed its authenticity.