Tuesday's talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegates were successful, according to the Russian delegation.
Ukraine, for its part, opens up to agreeing to neutrality, but only if there is a system of security guarantees from other countries.
- Ukraine understands that NATO membership is far in the future and is uncertain.
This could be a substitute for this, says Jakob Hedenskog, analyst at the Center for Eastern European Studies at the Foreign Policy Institute.
Hear Jakob Hedenskog and Carolina Vendil Pallin find out what speaks for and against the proposals becoming a reality in the video above.