Russia has changed its goals in the war against Ukraine: Trump announces “major concession”
25 April 00:50
US President Donald Trump has said that the aggressor country Russia has allegedly offered not to seize the entire territory of Ukraine, limiting itself to Crimea and four regions in the east and south. This is allegedly a major concession. Trump told reporters about this during a joint press conference with the Norwegian Prime Minister, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
Trump was asked what Russia has already done as a concession to achieve peace and end the war.
According to the US president, Russia’s refusal to seize the entire territory of Ukraine is allegedly already a “pretty big concession.”
“The concession to Russia is an end to the war and a renunciation of the seizure of all of Ukraine,” Trump said.
He was also asked whether he agreed with the statement that Ukraine should give up some of its territory to Russia to achieve peace.
“Well, it depends on what territory. We’ll do everything we can, but they’ve lost a lot of territory,” the US president replied.
Trump mentioned Crimea, which Russia occupied in 2014. The head of the White House said that Ukraine “gave up” the peninsula to Russia.
“There was no shooting, no fighting, nothing happened… I think it will be very difficult for them to get Crimea back,” Trump added.
“Peace deal”: what is on the table
According to the WSJ, the United States expects Kyiv to respond this week to ideas for ending the war. In particular, the refusal to join NATO and the possible recognition of Crimea as Russian by the United States.
According to the publication, the US ideas include recognizing Crimea as Russian, excluding Ukraine’s accession to NATO, and declaring the area around the nuclear power plant a neutral territory that could be under Washington’s control.
At the same time, according to Western officials, the ideas put forward by representatives of the Trump team do not meet a number of Russian demands. In particular, the United States does not recognize that Russia has the legal right to control four regions in the eastern part of Ukraine (Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Luhansk, and Donetsk regions). At the same time, Washington does not demand that Russian troops leave these areas. Bloomberg previously reported that the US would consider recognizing Crimea as Russian.
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