VLADIMIR Putin has demanded that the UK stop defending Europe with nuclear weapons if Britain wants to end the tyrant’s invasion of Ukraine.
The ultimatum is on a new list of brazen demands made by the which lay out his terms for ending the nearly .
It has also been revealed that the the rest of the Donbas region in exchange for Ukrainian membership as part of peace talks, according to .
Washington has not confirmed the Ukrainian president’s comments – which come shortly after a week of unsuccessful negotiations between .
On Saturday it was reported that Russian officials had drawn up a maximalist checklist of terms for ending Putin’s invasion.
The shameless document demands that Nato remove all troops from Eastern Europe and the Baltic states.
It also says must leave the defence pact – having joined in the wake of the war.
The policy paper goes on to say Nato must rule out sending troops to – and only then will Putin allegedly weigh up a ceasefire.
The document also seeks to put an end to “the supply of any type of Western weapons and military equipment and products to Ukraine”.
Russia would keep any occupied territory it still controls after the fighting stops, the paper adds.
In exchange, Moscow could approve Kyiv joining the EU – a minor concession for such megalomaniac demands.
The document, dated to November 10, was first reported by Bild.
It is strikingly similar to the far-reaching demands made by Putin in late 2021 – when he asked Nato to back down across the continent.
He went on to invade Ukraine just months later.
Putin is desperate to have Western troops pulled back to the alliance’s borders as they were last century.
More and more countries in Eastern Europe have asked to join Nato over recent decades out of fear of Russian aggression.
The threat was most starkly highlighted when Moscow invaded in 2008.
Putin’s latest document serves as the foundation for any future talks between Ukraine and Russia.
The discussions are currently being mediated by ‘s envoys Steve Witkoff and .
His ridiculous proposals are likely to be thrown out by Nato and Ukraine.
The UK is the only European country to commit its submarine-based nuclear deterrent to the wider defence of Nato.
On Thursday, after meeting European leaders in Dublin, UK prime minister Andy Burnham said continental security was not to be compromised for Russia.
He said: “There was a very strong feeling that Russian demands to put the question of European security architecture or European security arrangements into this negotiation.
“Well, no, that’s not up for negotiation. It’s for Europe to decide its own arrangements, Europe and Europe alone.”
Finland has also ruled out leaving the defence alliance.
It comes as Zelensky said on Saturday the US floated the idea of Kyiv ceding the remaining Donbas region in exchange for Nato membership.
Ukraine has long sought to join the Western pact – but the move has historically been ruled out by the US and others like Germany.
Moscow controls much of the Donbas region.
Kyiv has said it is unwilling to give up sovereign territory.
Zelensky said of the proposal: “The Americans raised a question: ‘What if Ukraine joins Nato? Would Ukraine withdraw from Donbas?’
“This was the first time this had been raised.”
The Ukrainian leader also said if he received a draft peace deal with security guarantees, no constraints on Ukraine’s military and funds to rebuild the country, he would put it to a referendum.
Trump, Putin and Chinese leader are expected to meet on the side-lines of a Shenzhen summit next week.
On Thursday, they are set to discuss AI, the Iran war, but not Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to senior US officials.
