After Donald Trump’s victory in the United States presidential elections, many are considering what will be the roadmap of the Republican to, as promised, put an end “in 24 hours” to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
For now, his advisors are suggesting some initiatives to carry out this mission, with the common characteristic of ending up ceding Ukrainian territory to Russia, according to the news agency ‘‘.
Another characteristic of the proposals of three key advisors, including Trump’s special envoy for the issue, Keith Kellog, is that They all agree on removing Ukraine’s membership in NATO from the table.
“Trump’s advisers would try to force Moscow and kyiv to negotiate with carrots and sticks, including suspending military aid to kyiv unless it agrees to talk, but increasing assistance if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses,” the outlet explains.
Zelensky, who in his ‘Victory Plan’ set his country’s entry into NATO as a condition, has announced that he is open to negotiations and that Ukraine must seek diplomatic solutions to be able to recover the territories that have been occupied. However, It is unknown whether Putin would accept this clause.
“Putin is in no hurry”said Eugene Rumer, a former senior US official, who stressed that the Russian president will probably wait for the best moment to gain more ground and wait to see what concessions there are. Furthermore, Putin already made it clear that he was willing to continue the conflict in the event that kyiv and the West do not respond.
It should be noted that Russia has control of Crimea, after its annexation in 2014, 80% of Donbass, 70% of Zaporizhzhia and Khreson and small areas of the Kharkiv and Mykolaiv regions. If the agreement calls for maintaining the current borders, Ukraine would lose all these areas.
Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt stressed that Trump “will do what is necessary to restore peace and rebuild American strength and deterrence on the world stage.” Despite this, the Republican has not commented again on what the bases will be to begin to establish a dialogue to end the conflict, which is on its way to completing three years of duration.
