MOSCOW, 16 Jan. Kyiv could put more emphasis on the implementation of the Minsk agreements and return the Donbass through concessions on the issue of joining NATO. Ukrainian political scientist Dmitry Dzhangirov said this on the Politwera YouTube channel. According to him, this option has been discussed at the expert level for several years. We are talking about Ukraine's refusal to join NATO for a certain period of time. time for the reintegration of Donbass (introduce) a moratorium on Ukraine's entry into NATO. The second option is the right of veto for Donbass for some time, for 20 years,» the political scientist explained. Dzhangirov noted that Donbass would have received such powers thanks to «special conditions» of reintegration , and this would make the implementation of the Minsk agreements an «aggravated process». Nevertheless, such a development of events is unlikely for domestic political reasons, the expert summed up. At the end of 2021, Russia published drafts of a treaty with the United States and an agreement with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees of refusing further expansion of NATO to the East, from joining the bloc of Ukraine and from creating military bases in post-Soviet countries. Russia has repeatedly stated that Kiev is not complying with the Minsk agreements and is dragging out negotiations to resolve the conflict. The Foreign Ministry noted that Ukraine sent half of the entire personnel of the armed forces to the Donbass. Moscow expressed concern about the transfer of military equipment from NATO countries to the Russian borders and the increase in the number of Western instructors in the region. in Donbass
