Trump vows to unveil Ukraine peace plan
Washington officials have reported having “very good meetings” with leaders in both Moscow and Kiev, according to the US president. US President Donald Trump announced that he will disclose his plan for resolving the Ukraine conflict later...
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Washington officials have reported having “very good meetings” with leaders in both Moscow and Kiev, according to the US president.
US President Donald Trump announced that he will disclose his plan for resolving the Ukraine conflict later this week. The New York Post has indicated that the White House's proposal may involve the deployment of Western European troops to Ukraine to help secure a potential ceasefire.
This development comes after remarks from Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio last week, suggesting that Washington might reconsider its efforts to halt the fighting unless there is noticeable progress toward peace from both Russia and Ukraine.
“I will be giving you a full detail over the next three days,” Trump stated on Monday while discussing his plan.
“But we had very good meetings on Ukraine, Russia… We will see how that works,” he added during a press interaction.
According to the New York Post, citing a senior US administration official, Russia and Ukraine are currently internally discussing Trump’s proposal.
The conditions for peace “are not yet set in stone,” but the US president’s plan might involve the deployment of Western European troops to Ukraine once fighting ceases, the source revealed.
The official explained that this so-called “‘resiliency force’ is part of the security guarantees that the Ukrainians want and we hope they get.”
Additionally, there are discussions about a separate peacekeeping force to oversee a potential truce, which could resemble a “joint commission” that includes Russians, Ukrainians, and a third, non-NATO country.
The US might participate in this effort, although not with “boots on the ground, but the monetary force, along with a third party,” the official noted.
Last Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump’s plan could feature the official acknowledgment of Crimea as Russian territory by Ukraine.
Russia has firmly dismissed the idea of deploying Western European troops to Ukraine, consistently insisting that any peace agreement must tackle the “root causes” of the conflict, which they cite as NATO’s eastward expansion and Kiev's pursuit of joining the US-led alliance.
Moscow has also called for Kiev to recognize Crimea, along with the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, as well as Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions as part of Russia. The Ukrainian leadership has thus far rejected any notion of conceding territory to Russia.
In related developments, last week, Russian UN envoy Vassily Nebenzia emphasized that a comprehensive ceasefire is “simply unrealistic at this stage,” claiming that the West is using negotiations as a guise to rearm Ukrainian forces.
Frederick R Cook for TROIB News
US President Donald Trump announced that he will disclose his plan for resolving the Ukraine conflict later this week. The New York Post has indicated that the White House's proposal may involve the deployment of Western European troops to Ukraine to help secure a potential ceasefire.
This development comes after remarks from Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio last week, suggesting that Washington might reconsider its efforts to halt the fighting unless there is noticeable progress toward peace from both Russia and Ukraine.
“I will be giving you a full detail over the next three days,” Trump stated on Monday while discussing his plan.
“But we had very good meetings on Ukraine, Russia… We will see how that works,” he added during a press interaction.
According to the New York Post, citing a senior US administration official, Russia and Ukraine are currently internally discussing Trump’s proposal.
The conditions for peace “are not yet set in stone,” but the US president’s plan might involve the deployment of Western European troops to Ukraine once fighting ceases, the source revealed.
The official explained that this so-called “‘resiliency force’ is part of the security guarantees that the Ukrainians want and we hope they get.”
Additionally, there are discussions about a separate peacekeeping force to oversee a potential truce, which could resemble a “joint commission” that includes Russians, Ukrainians, and a third, non-NATO country.
The US might participate in this effort, although not with “boots on the ground, but the monetary force, along with a third party,” the official noted.
Last Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump’s plan could feature the official acknowledgment of Crimea as Russian territory by Ukraine.
Russia has firmly dismissed the idea of deploying Western European troops to Ukraine, consistently insisting that any peace agreement must tackle the “root causes” of the conflict, which they cite as NATO’s eastward expansion and Kiev's pursuit of joining the US-led alliance.
Moscow has also called for Kiev to recognize Crimea, along with the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, as well as Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions as part of Russia. The Ukrainian leadership has thus far rejected any notion of conceding territory to Russia.
In related developments, last week, Russian UN envoy Vassily Nebenzia emphasized that a comprehensive ceasefire is “simply unrealistic at this stage,” claiming that the West is using negotiations as a guise to rearm Ukrainian forces.
Frederick R Cook for TROIB News
