The United States will support the decision of Ukraine if it decides to become a neutral country, stated“Kommersant” US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman.
“We will support the decisions that Ukraine will make for itself. From the very beginning of this crisis, we said that we would not do anything with Ukraine without Ukraine.<…> So the choice is up to the people of Ukraine. We support the decisions they made,” Sherma said.
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On Friday, February 25, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he was ready to discuss Ukraine’s neutral status with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine’s refusal to join any military alliances is one of Russia’s demands on Ukraine.
The non-bloc status of the country was spelled out in a separate law “On the Fundamentals of National Security of Ukraine” in 2010 under President Viktor Yanukovych, in 2014 under President Petro Poroshenko this item was changed– it spelled out goals for membership in the European Union and the Euro-Atlantic security space. In 2019, also under Poroshenko, these formulations were introduced into the Constitution.