Russian Negotiation Demands Aim to Exclude Ukraine from Security Arrangements; Romania Warned on Odesa-Transnistria Axis

Retired Romanian General Virgil Bălăceanu asserts that Russia's core demand in Ukraine peace talks is to exclude Ukraine from any security architecture, potentially enabling future advances toward the Mykolaiv-Odesa axis, Danube mouths, and Transnistria. The claim is an expert opinion, not official policy, and highlights regional alarm in Romania over potential territorial concessions. This signals heightened geopolitical risk for NATO's eastern flank, particularly Romania and Moldova.

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