Russian sovereignty on Crimea, JD Vance offers an exchange of territories, nine dead in a drone attack … War news in Ukraine on April 23 – Liberation
How far will he go for peace? According to several American media, American president Donald Trump, very impatient to obtain a diplomatic breakthrough, would be ready to recognize Russian sovereignty on Crimea, Ukrainian peninsula annexed in 2014. In fact, according to the Financial Times,, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed in early April to arrest his invasion and freeze the current front line if the United States accesses his major demands, such as Ukraine’s unpublishing in NATO. While Donald Trump said on Sunday hoping for an agreement « In the week » Between Moscow and Kyiv, the Kremlin warned against any precipitation in the discussions. These revelations intervene as that Americans, Ukrainians and Europeans meet this Wednesday in London for a new round of talks.
Since India, the American vice-president, has accentuated the pressure put by Trump the day before. « We have presented a very explicit proposal to the Russians and the Ukrainians, and it is time for them to say yes, or for the United States to withdraw from this process », said Mr. Vance to the press after visiting Taj Mahal in Agra.
« It is now time, I think, to take, if not the last measure, one of the last, that is to say, at a general level, that which says that we will stop the killings, (…) freeze the territorial lines at a level close to what they are today », said the ultra -conservative, for whom this movement « Means that Ukrainians and Russians must both abandon part of the territory they currently have. »
Ukraine has announced accepting to discuss directly with Moscow To put an end to the Russian invasion – a first since 2022 – but only after the entry into force of a ceasefire, the Ukrainian president Volodyr Zelensky said on Tuesday April 22. « After a ceasefire, we are ready to sit down (for negotiations, editor’s note) in any format « he said during a press conference in Kyiv. The Ukrainian Head of State is also waiting « A clear answer » From Moscow to its offer of new truce limited to attacks against civil infrastructure. The day before, his Russian counterpart had mentioned a possible resumption of direct talks with Ukraine to speak of a truce in this sense.
The Ukrainian president broke out on Tuesday « ready » to meet his American counterpart at the Vaticanwhere both must attend the pope’s funeral scheduled for Saturday. It would be their first interview since their particularly stormy exchange in February at the White House. Donald Trump, he « Is more and more frustrated by the two parties in this war, and he really made it known »Tuesday said his spokesperson Karoline Leavitt.
During the night, fires declared themselves in several Ukrainian regions following Russian attacks. Strikes have been reported in the regions of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk. In addition, nine people were killed in a drone attack on a bus in Marganets, southeast of Ukraine, the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, on Telegram, on Wednesday on Wednesday. « A drone (…) struck a bus carrying the employees of a company »said Sergiy Lysak, adding that 30 people had been injured but that « Their number does (Ait) to increase « .
Update at 1:51 p.m. With the new Declaration by JD VANCE
