Lavrov is raising stakes to the max. What will force Putin to negotiate - expert

December 06, 2024

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Oleksiy Melnyk, director of foreign policy and international security programmes at Razumkov Centre, tells on Radio NV why Trump's team is against Ukraine's accession to NATO, what security guarantees may replace NATO membership, whether we should take note of Russia's demands to rewrite the Constitution of Ukraine, the feasibility of a demilitarized zone on the front, what peace ideas of Trump's team may be good for Ukraine, how Ukraine can influence future negotiations, what tradeoffs Ukraine cannot agree to, why Trump team's plans do not envisage restoration of Ukraine's territorial integrity and what this could lead to in the global context. 

Host - Bohdan Mashay.

 

https://razumkov.org.ua/napriamky/videokomentari/lavrov-maksymalno-pidnimaie-stavky-os-shcho-zmusyt-putina-domovliatysia-ekspert-3970

Oleksiy Melnyk

Co-Director, Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes, Coordinator of International Projects


Born in 1962 in Khmelnytsty Rgn

Education:

Royal College of Defence Studies, London, UK (2007)

Air Field Operations Officer School, Biloxy, MS, US (2001)

Squadron Officer School, Montgomery, AL, US (1994)

Defence Language Institute, San Antonio, TX, US (1994)

Chernihiv Higher Military Air Force Academy, Ukraine (1984)

Employment:

1980 – 2001 — Air Force Active Service (Cadet, Instructor Pilot, Flight Commander, Squadron Commander, Deputy Air Force Base Commander, Participant of two UN peacekeeping operations, Lt.Colonel (Ret)

2001 – 2004 — Razumkov Centre

2004 – 2005 — State Company Ukroboronservice

2005 – 2008 — Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, Head Organisational and Analytical Division — First Assistant to Minister of Defence

(044) 201-11-95

melnyk@razumkov.org.ua

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