Kyiv proposes to replace the Budapest Memorandum

Ukraine put forward a proposal to replace the Budapest Memorandum. The idea was voiced by representatives of the Servant of the People party of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, RIA Novosti reports.

Thus, it was proposed to replace the Budapest Memorandum with guarantees from the United States, Turkey and Ukraine’s neighboring states.

At the same time, in Kyiv’s version of security guarantees, Moscow is invited to legally fix the recognition of Ukrainian statehood.

Meanwhile, on the territory of Ukraine, where the Russian Federation is conducting a special operation, evacuation continues. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Kyiv confirmed only 1 route out of 10 for the exit of people from Ukrainian cities – from Sumy through Poltava to the border with Poland. According to the Russian authorities, 723 people were evacuated along the Sumy-Poltava route, including 576 citizens of India, 115 of China, 20 of Jordan, 12 of Tunisia. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Kiev authorities continue to categorically reject all major evacuation routes from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkov and Mariupol to Russia, Interfax reports.

Recall that on February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR), and on February 24 he made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.”