RUSSIA OFFICIALLY DECLARES CONDITIONS TO END WAR
Russia has officially declared its conditions for ending the war, according to MFA Lavrov in an interview with a Brazilian newspaper:
1. Demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine;
2. Ukraine must not join NATO;
3. International recognition of the annexation of Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia;
4. Lifting of sanctions against Russia and the return of frozen assets;
5. Rejection by Russia of the U.S. proposal to transfer control over the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to Washington and Ukraine;
6. Cancellation of language laws in Ukraine, especially those that "restrict" the use of the "Russian language, culture, and church".