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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Here would be my my peace proposal if I were mediating between Ukraine and Russia:
1. Russia gains no territory as spoils of war.
2. Ukraine adopts official neutrality and NATO membership is taken off the table. Possible EU membership is not taken off the table.
3. Ukraine recognizes the Luhansk and Donetsk Republics as independent. Both republics need to adopt neutrality and not be annexed by Russia. Both need to be de-militarized. Ukrainians in both republics may keep their Ukrainian citizenship and are free to move between Ukraine and those areas.
4. A de-militarized zone along the Ukrainian-Belarussian and Ukraine-Russian borders is created. NATO and Russia scale down the militarization in the Baltic region.
5. Ukraine drops all claims to Crimea and agrees allow it access to freshwater. Russia is granted a secure land bridge corridor to Crimea in Ukraine. To remain part of Ukraine, but managed as a free-zone so that Crimea can be properly developed.
6. Ukraine gets XX% of the natural resource revenue from the economic zone around Crimea in exchange for freshwater and dropping their claims to the area.
7. Russia pays reparations in exchange for dropping sanctions.
Would that be fair for both sides?
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4 and 7 are the starting point. The rest are non starters.