US senator calls Russia's demand for NATO to withdraw forces preposterous
Photo: Tom Cotton, Chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee (Getty Images)
Further negotiations with Russia on ending the war are pointless, as the Kremlin’s demands for the withdrawal of troops from NATO countries indicate that Moscow has no intention of negotiating a peace agreement, Republican Tom Cotton, chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote on X.
Cotton called Russia’s demand that NATO countries withdraw their troops from their own borders preposterous.
“Putin has proved once again that he’s not serious about a negotiated peace. Further talks are a farce at this point,” the senator noted.
In his view, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will agree to end the war only when he realizes he cannot win.
“We need to help Ukraine prove that point,” Cotton added.
Media outlets previously reported that Russia is once again demanding that NATO withdraw its troops to the positions they held in 1997. All of this is taking place within the context of demands to overhaul the entire European security architecture.
