NATO’s Stringer: Ukraine must decide its territorial future

Only Ukraine has the right to decide the future of its sovereign territory in negotiations with Russia, NATO’s deputy supreme allied commander Europe, General John Stringer, told Euronews, according to RBC-Ukraine.

Stringer was responding to a question about possible pressure on Kyiv to give up parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. He said Ukraine’s ceasefire objectives were a priority for NATO.

Discussing negotiations in Abu Dhabi, Stringer expressed hope that Russia was negotiating in good faith. But he said there was little sign that Vladimir Putin had abandoned his maximalist demands, and cautioned against a repetition of Russian demands dating back to 2022.