The former US president repeatedly promised to quickly end the war in Ukraine after winning the presidential election.
Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to end the war in Ukraine quickly, in about 24 hours. Now two of Trump’s top advisers have presented him with a plan to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. The plan stipulates that Kyiv will receive more American weapons only if it begins peace negotiations with Moscow, said one of Trump’s national security advisers, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg. At the same time, according to the plan, the United States will warn Russia that any refusal to negotiate will lead to increased support for Ukraine.
Freeze on the current line
Under the plan developed by Kellogg and Fred Fleitz, who served as Trump’s National Security Council chief of staff during his 2017-2021 presidency, the peace talks would involve a ceasefire along the current lines of contact .
They presented their strategy to Trump, and the former president responded positively to it.
“I’m not saying he agreed with him or agreed with every word, but we’re glad to get the feedback,” Fleitz said.
At the same time, Trump’s spokesman Stephen Chung said that only statements made by Trump himself or authorized members of his election campaign should be considered official.
The plan is the most detailed strategy yet developed by Trump’s allies and would mark a dramatic shift in the US’s position on the war. At the same time, he risks facing opposition from the United States’ European allies and within the Republican Party.
It noted that key elements of the plan were outlined in a publicly available research paper published by the America First Policy Institute, a Trump-friendly think tank where Kellogg and Fleitz hold senior positions.
Kellogg said that if Trump wins the election, it will be extremely important to quickly bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table.
“We say to the Ukrainians: “You have to come to the table, and if you don’t come to the table, the support from the United States will end,” and to Putin: “You have to come to the table, and if you don’t come to the table, then we will give the Ukrainians everything they need to kill you on the battlefield,” he said.
arm to the teeth
According to the research paper, Moscow could also be forced to the negotiating table by delaying the commitment of Ukraine’s NATO membership for a long time.
Fleitz said Ukraine does not need to formally cede territory to Russia according to their plan. However, according to him, Ukraine is unlikely to regain effective control over its entire territory in the near future.
“Our concern is that this war has become a war of attrition that will kill an entire generation of young people,” he said.
According to Kellogg and Fleitz, lasting peace in Ukraine will require additional security guarantees for Ukraine. Fleitz added that “arming Ukraine to the teeth” is likely to be a key element of this.
Many analysts have expressed concern that the Kellogg-Fleitz plan could give Moscow an advantage in negotiations.
“What Kellogg is describing is a process to get Ukraine to give up all the territory that Russia now occupies,” said Daniel Fried, a former assistant secretary of state who worked on Russia policy.
Ukraine’s reaction
The adviser to the Head of the Office of the President, Mikhail Podolyak, noted that Ukraine has a clear understanding that any plan to end the war with Russia must be based on international law, and the world must fair
According to him, the war will not end without justice being given to the aggressor country.
Podolyak believes that the freezing of the war, which takes place for 28 months, on the current front lines will be “strange,” because the Russian Federation has violated international law and is located on Ukrainian territory.
“Ukraine has a completely clear understanding, and it is spelled out in the Peace Formula proposed by President Vladimir Zelensky, it clearly states that peace can only be fair, and peace can only be based on international that law,” said the advisor to the leader. of the OP.
Source: korrespondent
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