"The Austrians decided autonomously that they wanted to be perpetually neutral...within three months, the Russians withdrew all 150,000 troops from Austria."

A negotiated neutrality, with Nato backing, in Ukraine could have forced Putin to withdraw from all of Ukraine but will be difficult from current military lines, Lord Kerr former British diplomat and an independent member of the House of Lords tells #timesradio

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