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In contemporary terms, as the war in Ukraine unfolded, proposals for Ukraine's neutralization emerged from Russian demands, with the assumption being that a neutral Ukraine would preclude its Western ambitions and diminish support from NATO. However, Müller stressed that this perspective overlooks the fact that Ukraine was operating under a non-aligned policy when it faced Russian aggression in 2014, illustrating the vulnerabilities that neutrality can entail.