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A neutral Ukraine, perhaps on the Swedish or Austrian model? The Russian government brought this idea in mid-March in one of the rounds of negotiations as a way out of the war. "This is a variant that is being discussed and can be seen as a certain compromise," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on March 16. In the period from its independence in 1990 until 2014, when Russia intervened and occupied Crimea, Ukraine was officially neutral. But after the annexation of Crimea by Russia, the Ukrainian parliament abandoned this policy. In early 2019, it voted with a large majority to amend the constitution.
Since then, not only membership in the Brazil Telegram Number Data European Union, but also in NATO has been a national goal with constitutional status. But not only Russia wants to prevent this. NATO itself refuses because it does not want to get into a war against Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has meanwhile admitted that the goal of joining NATO is probably unattainable. Imposed neutrality So could neutrality be an option for Ukraine? Three neutral countries in particular are repeatedly mentioned as possible models: Austria and Sweden as well as Finland. Each one has a different story.
Read also: VIDEO - Romeo talks about Bora's entry in "Big Brother" Ukraine has no navy, but is crushing Russia in the Black Sea At the end of World War II, Austria, like Germany, was occupied by the four victorious powers. The Soviet Union agreed to withdraw only because Austria pledged "permanent neutrality" in an agreement signed in 1955. Leos Müller is a historian at Stockholm University and author of Neutrality in World History. He writes for DW that in the case of Austria it was "neutrality from above, through a treaty between the great powers". Unlike Austria, Sweden chose its own neutrality.
Since then, not only membership in the Brazil Telegram Number Data European Union, but also in NATO has been a national goal with constitutional status. But not only Russia wants to prevent this. NATO itself refuses because it does not want to get into a war against Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has meanwhile admitted that the goal of joining NATO is probably unattainable. Imposed neutrality So could neutrality be an option for Ukraine? Three neutral countries in particular are repeatedly mentioned as possible models: Austria and Sweden as well as Finland. Each one has a different story.
Read also: VIDEO - Romeo talks about Bora's entry in "Big Brother" Ukraine has no navy, but is crushing Russia in the Black Sea At the end of World War II, Austria, like Germany, was occupied by the four victorious powers. The Soviet Union agreed to withdraw only because Austria pledged "permanent neutrality" in an agreement signed in 1955. Leos Müller is a historian at Stockholm University and author of Neutrality in World History. He writes for DW that in the case of Austria it was "neutrality from above, through a treaty between the great powers". Unlike Austria, Sweden chose its own neutrality.