No American has equally backed up Kremlin’s version
The events go on blow. At the same time as Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff last Friday over with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, the details of the US proposal for a peace settlement in Ukraine began to leak. The agreement proposal presented Witkoff and Foreign Minister Marco Rubio for Ukraine, France and the United Kingdom at the beginning of the week.
The draft agreement turned out – as expected – be advantageous for Russia, while the United States does not give Ukraine any security guarantees.
On Saturday, the negotiating carousel continued when Volodymyr Zelenskyj and Trump met in Rome, according to both it was a « constructive meeting ».
It’s not surprising, Rather logical, that it was just Witkoff who, for the fourth time in a short time, met Putin to hone the details of a settlement of an end to the war.
The US contract proposal is seen by many Ukrainians as unacceptable and as a reward for Moscow’s aggression. They believe that Ukraine is sold out to Russia and is defined in defense for a new Russian invasion.
No American, perhaps with the exception of Trump himself, has as eloquent as Witkoff backed up Russia’s official view of the war; That it is not a Russian attack war, but a conflict that Ukraine and the Western world have provoked.
It is no long -sought suspicion that Putin, a former lieutenant lieutenant in KGB and specialist in influence operations, has had an influence on Witkoff’s reality picture during their long -drawn meetings. And then Witkoff, who completely lacks foreign policy and diplomatic experience, has conveyed his newly won distorted « knowledge » to Trump: that Barack Obama « gave » Crimea to Russia in 2014. That it is Kiev who bears the war to the war because of the ambition to join NATO. That Crimea « always » has been Russian and will remain so.
Trump has violated a number of established norms since he took office. The « deal » that Trump offers Ukraine is another overtramp. Now the US president explicitly approves violations of international law. According to international conventions, signed by the United States, boundaries must not be changed by force. In this way, Trump opens to be able to take control of Greenland, Canada and other territories in the future.
Friday’s meeting in the Kremlin lasted for three hours and, according to Putin’s foreign policy adviser, was a constructive and useful and useful « . One of the things that should have been discussed during the meeting was the possibility of direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Usjakov stated that the conversation brought the United States and Russia closer together.
Completely agreed on all points, the two sides have not yet become. « Specific elements of the agreement must be fine -tuned, » said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an interview with CBS. But both he and Putin seem satisfied with what Trump offers. They are also not in a hurry as Trump, who is becoming increasingly impatient that his promised peace did not get rid of 24 hours.
It is based on what several media has reported on the US contract proposal, Putin has every reason to be satisfied. The front line is frozen in the current situation, which means that Ukraine has for a foreseeable time lost about a fifth of its country. The United States recognizes that the Ukrainian peninsula Krim, annexed by Russian special forces in 2014, legally belongs to Russia. The occupied parts of the regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Chenler and Zaporizjzja also stop « de facto » under Russian control.
Ukraine is not offered any security guarantees from the United States and must renounce all thoughts on NATO membership. The United States also wants to highlight the sanctions against Russia introduced after the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the large -scale attack war in 2022.
Ukraine and the EU have presented A counter-proposal, which excludes a « de Jure » recognition of Russia occupying parts of Ukraine, but also in that proposal there is a ceasefire that is based on current front lines.
According to the proposal, Ukraine refrains from applying for NATO membership. But the big difference is that it contains credible security guarantees, which corresponds to Article 5 of NATO’s Treaty. And Ukraine should be allowed to build its defense force without restrictions.
Here Ukraine and Europe are facing a difficult dilemma. Trump has threatened to withdraw from the peace talks if the parties do not soon sign an agreement. If the contract proposal is approved, it is a green light for international law to be replaced by the power of the strong.
On the other hand, a US-repetition would reduce the pressure on Ukraine to make excessive concessions. But it can also cause Trump to pull away all military support to Ukraine, and even block it for Europe. Then Europe and Ukraine stand alone in opposition to Russia’s expansionism.
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