A new round of talks on achieving peace in Ukraine will take place in London on Wednesday, April 23. There, the US will propose recognizing Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and freezing the front line as part of a peace agreement. This is what the The Washington Post citing sources. In exchange for recognizing Crimea as Russian territory, Moscow must cease military operations in Ukraine.
An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the US proposals contained “some ideas that Kyiv agrees with and others that it does not agree with.” At the same time, one Western official stressed that the pressure on Ukraine was “mind-boggling.”
“French, British and German negotiators, who have taken a more active role in the peace talks, are expected to insist in London that any deal includes security guarantees and post-war reconstruction programs, perhaps paid in part from frozen Russian assets,” It is mentioned in the material.
At the same time, both Ukrainian and European officials privately acknowledge that Ukraine is unlikely to be able to regain control of all enemy-held territories in the near future.
"There are concerns that Trump is trying to pressure the Ukrainians and is not being tough enough on Russia. The ultimate question now is what will Ukraine get in exchange for giving up part of its territory?" emphasized Mujtaba Rahman, Managing Director of Eurasia Group, a political risk consulting firm.
American officials emphasize that “both sides of the conflict need to close the major gaps in the negotiations.” Otherwise, the US threatens to “wash its hands.”
Ukraine will find this controversial proposal hard to swallow. The authors recalled that Russia’s seizure and subsequent annexation of Crimea in 2014 paved the way for other acts of aggression against Ukraine, including the incitement of war in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and then a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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