The Moscow Times's Russian service, citing Bloomberg, reports that Moscow has made rolling NATO back to its former borders — a revised European security architecture — a precondition for US-mediated talks on Ukraine, and that Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov demands the West "document" a pledge not to expand the alliance. Bloomberg says some leaders, including Ursula von der Leyen, privately favor at least beginning such talks, a prospect border states sharply reject, while Bild reports Russia demanded Finland leave NATO and that Helsinki's defense minister said such things are not subject to discussion.