"Donald Trump's leaked Ukrainian "peace framework" reads more like the capitulation terms for a defeated army than a peace plan. Indeed, within hours of it being leaked, Ukraine's most ardent supporter within the US administration, special envoy to Ukraine, Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg, announced his imminent retirement. According to the leaked version of the plan, Ukraine would be obliged to surrender the entire Donbass region to Russia, including areas the Russians have been unable to capture since the war began."
"According to the leaked version of the plan, Ukraine would be obliged to surrender the entire Donbass region to Russia, including areas the Russians have been unable to capture since the war began. The size of the Ukrainian army would be severely limited; the possession of long-range missiles prohibited and Western military aid rolled back. In addition, Russian would become an official language of Ukraine. In return for these extreme concessions, Ukraine would receive some, as yet undefined, US defence guarantee."
The leaked framework would obligate Ukraine to surrender the entire Donbass region to Russia, including areas Russia has not captured since the war began. The framework would severely limit the size of the Ukrainian army, prohibit possession of long-range missiles, and roll back Western military aid. The framework would also make Russian an official language of Ukraine. In return, Ukraine would receive an undefined US defence guarantee. Within hours of the leak, Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg, a senior US special envoy and prominent Ukraine supporter, announced his imminent retirement. The framework therefore outlines highly one-sided concessions.
Read at Independent
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]