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    "the Intercept says the US and UK straightforwardly sabotaged negotations on purpose. click the link in the piece, and it says that the breaking point in negotiations was Russia insisting on veto power over any defensive treaty"
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      "The negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow in the early weeks of the Russian invasion — which were held predominantly in Turkey — were another chance to end the war, Darden said. In April 2022, Russia and Ukraine had agreed on the outlines of a tentative agreement to halt the conflict. The U.S. and U.K. governments, however, worked to sabotage the deal and prolong the war, according to multiple reports."
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      "To the Ukrainians’ dismay, there was a crucial departure from what Ukrainian negotiators said was discussed in Istanbul. Russia inserted a clause saying that all guarantor states, including Russia, had to approve the response if Ukraine were attacked. In effect, Moscow could invade Ukraine again and then veto any military intervention on Ukraine’s behalf — a seemingly absurd condition that Kyiv quickly identified as a dealbreaker.
      
      Russia tried to secure a veto on Ukraine’s security guarantees by inserting a clause requiring unanimous consent.
      “The Guarantor States and Ukraine agree that in the event of an armed attack on Ukraine, each of the Guarantor States … on the basis of a decision agreed upon by all Guarantor States, will provide … assistance to Ukraine, as a permanently neutral state under attack…”
      
      With that change, a member of the Ukrainian negotiating team said, “we had no interest in continuing the talks.”"
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