Ukraine Settlement Requires NATO to Abandon Plans to Defeat Russia – Foreign Ministry
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a media conference prior to a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. 
A resolution to the conflict in Ukraine is only possible if NATO abandons its goal to strategically defeat Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Andrey Belousov, the head of the Russian delegation to the 2026 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, said. “At the same time, Europe is undergoing intensive remilitarization, including in favor of providing the Ukrainian regime with lethal weapons. As for a reliable resolution to the Ukrainian conflict, the path to it lies in all NATO members abandoning their desire to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia and undermine our fundamental interests,” Belousov said at the NPT Review Conference.WorldUkraine’s NATO, EU Membership ‘Unavailable’ in Near Future – EU Defense Commissioner27 April, 16:37 GMTEarlier, UK PM Keir Starmer announced that Britain and France have signed a declaration of intent to deploy troops in Ukraine in case of peace deal with Russia, with French President Emmanuel Macron suggesting thousands of troops could be deployed.
