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The publication reminds that earlier, assistant to the head of the Russian Federation, Yuri Ushakov, stated that Europe should be involved in negotiations between Russian, Ukrainian, and American officials. At the same time, sources in diplomatic circles claim that Russia's motivation for involving European countries is the desire to use the next round of negotiations to gain concessions regarding NATO expansion. It is noted that Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin will likely demand that NATO's presence in Europe be reduced to the level of 1997. This could potentially mean, as the publication writes, the withdrawal of NATO troops from Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, as well as from Finland. ## ## What preceded: On October 23, President Vladimir Zelensky spoke with special representatives of American President Donald Trump and stated that a trilateral meeting at the command level regarding the end of the war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine is planned for the first half of November. According to sources in the U.S. government, the next round of negotiations between the delegations of the U.S., Ukraine, and Russia may take place in Abu Dhabi or Switzerland. And Ushakov claims that the Russian Federation is ready to resume trilateral negotiations with the U.S. and Ukraine on ending the Russian-Ukrainian war after November 4.
