INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia demanded that Ukraine drastically reduce its military and cede partially occupied territories, as well as that the West lift its
draft treaty proposal it said it obtained.Russia and Ukraine entered peace talks on Feb
28, 2022, four days after Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbor
delegation at the third round of talks in Belarus on March 7, 2022.It reportedly called for Ukraine to shrink its army fivefold to fewer
Ukrainian and Western sanctions since 2014 be lifted.The Russian proposal would also have barred Ukraine from developing or deploying
missiles with a range of more than 250 kilometers and gave Moscow the option to prohibit other types of weapons in the future, according to
the report.Systema, an affiliate of the U.S.-funded news organization RFE/RL, said it obtained the draft from an anonymous Ukrainian source
