Russia proposed withdrawing its nuclear weapons from Belarus and, in exchange, refraining from placing intermediate-range missiles there, Bild reported. But it is still unclear what proposals Russian President Vladimir Putin would support after discussions between intermediaries, according to the report. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a new post-war security framework for Europe put forward by the Americans “can be dangerous.” “Russia certainly cannot make decisions on behalf of all societies that are members of NATO,” he told reporters on Friday. Zelenskyy’s comments were not a direct response to the demands reported by Bild, but came after a meeting between Zelenskyy and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Thursday in Dublin. “Putin’s desire to change the borders in Europe is a fact. I am sure that this is part of his concept of reviewing security guarantees in Europe. This is dangerous because, in my opinion, it is precisely things like this that lead to wars or escalations,” Zelenskyy said.
