Russia offered to end its invasion of Ukraine if it dumped plans to join NATO, but Kyiv feared a double-cross, says negotiator

• Russia proposed ending the war if Ukraine abandoned its NATO ambitions, a Ukrainian politician said.
• The proposal was made during peace talks soon after the full-scale invasion.
• "There is no, and there was no, trust in the Russians that they would do it," said the senior politician.

Russia offered to stop its invasion of Ukraine on the condition that Zelenskyy's government abandoned its ambition to join NATO, The Kyiv Post reports.

David Arakhamiya, leader of the Servant of the People party and head of the Ukrainian delegation in the talks, said that Russia had proposed a resolution to the conflict in spring 2022.