Donald Trump is making final efforts to broker a deal between Russia and Ukraine. According to a report in American and German media, the US has proposed a peace framework that would include unofficial recognition of Russian control over almost all of the territory in Ukraine occupied since the start of the war in 2022. According to the report, the US would lift sanctions imposed on Russia since 2014 under the plan presented last week.
In addition, a small part of the territory occupied by Russia in Kharkiv would be returned to Ukraine. The document is only one page and is called President Trump's "final offer." The White House emphasizes that it is prepared to withdraw if an agreement is not reached soon.
Trump's proposal would require significant concessions from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Specifically, Russia receives formal recognition of control over Crimea from the United States. De facto recognition of the Russian occupation of almost the entire Luhansk region, as well as the occupied parts of Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhia. Guarantee that Ukraine will not become a member of NATO. However, the text mentions that Ukraine could join the European Union. Lifting of sanctions imposed since 2014. Increased economic cooperation with the United States, especially in the field of energy and industry.
While Ukraine receives a "strong security guarantee" from an ad hoc group of European countries and possibly other non-European states with similar interests. However, the document remains unclear on how this peacekeeping mission will work and does not mention US involvement. The return of a small part of the Kharkiv region currently occupied by Russia. Free access to the Dnipro River, which runs along the front line in parts of southern Ukraine. Compensation and reconstruction assistance, although the document does not specify where the funds will come from.
The Financial Times, on the other hand, reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to temporarily halt fighting on the current front line during negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. According to the report, the Russian head of state also signaled his possible willingness to withdraw Moscow’s claims to parts of the occupied Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia. In return, according to the Financial Times, the US could accept two key demands from Russia, including recognition of Moscow’s sovereignty over the Crimean peninsula, which it annexed in 2014. In addition, Ukraine must abandon its goal of joining NATO. (A2 Televizion)
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