Ukraine responds to French proposal to guarantee security for RussiaUkraine is outraged by proposals to provide security guarantees to Russia (Photo:Office of the President of Ukraine)Only a denuclearized and demilitarized Russia can be a guarantee for peace for Europe and the world, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDCU), Oleksiy Danilov, wrote on Twitter on Dec. 4, in response to French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal that Russia would be given “security guarantee” if it agrees to negotiate with Ukraine.The only guarantee is the humanism of the European judicial system, The Hague verdict does not provide for the death penalty.”Meanwhile, presidential advisor Mykhaylo Podolyak also criticized the French proposal, saying that any security guarantees for Russia could only be possible following war crimes tribunals for Russian leaders."Civilized world needs "security guarantees" from barbaric intentions of post-Putin Russia...It will be possible only after tribunal, conviction of war authors and war criminals, imposition of large-scale reparations and bloody clarification of ru-elites "who is the one to blame?"According to Russia, these “security guarantees” would simply be a restatement of Russia’s ultimatums towards Ukraine, such as demanding that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization never accept Ukraine as a member and to withdraw NATO forces to positions they occupied in 1997, as they were before Poland and Baltic countries had joined the alliance.Russia and the western countries held out a number of meetings on this matter, but finally on Jan. 26, the U.S. and NATO denied these demands "to guarantee [Russia’s] security”, making it clear that Poland and the Baltic States are NATO members in good standing, and that Ukraine is a sovereign country that can decide its own alliances and partnerships."