MOSCOW, Feb. 9 De-escalation around Ukraine can be achieved if the US and NATO stop joint exercises with the Armed Forces of Ukraine and will withdraw the weapons previously delivered to Kiev, said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. , recall Western military advisers and instructors from its territory, stop joint exercises of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and NATO countries, and also remove all foreign weapons previously delivered to Kiev outside Ukrainian territory,» she said at a briefing on Wednesday. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in December 2014 introduced changes in two laws, abandoning the non-bloc status of the state. In February 2019, the Ukrainian parliament adopted amendments to the constitution, securing the country's course towards the EU and NATO. Ukraine has become the sixth NATO Enhanced Opportunities Partner. in NATO
