President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a news conference at the European Political Community summit in Budapest that he believed Trump wanted to end the war with Russia quickly, but that he had not discussed a plan with him.
per WSJ: It may propose delaying Ukraine’s NATO membership for 20 years, establishing a 1,200 km demilitarized zone along the current front line, and leaving 20% of occupied Ukrainian territory under Russian control—while the U.S. would continue arms support under these conditions.
The problem is, this isn’t an acceptable plan according to Russia. Russia has insisted that:
Ukraine retreats from all of the oblasts that are currently partially occupied by Russia (Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson) as well as giving up claims to Crimea, and Russia takes ownership of everything without a fight
Ukraine’s army is demobilized and Ukraine is demilitarized
Ukraine is banned from joining any international organization, not just NATO (so no EU for instance)
Ukraine receives no more military aid fro the west.
Trump is going to find out that you can’t unilaterally declare peace.
I saw this as the supposed plan:
The problem is, this isn’t an acceptable plan according to Russia. Russia has insisted that:
Trump is going to find out that you can’t unilaterally declare peace.