"Driscoll's pitch to the Europeans was for the construction of an "impenetrable DMZ" along the front lines in Ukraine once the warring sides agree to a cease-fire, according to three people familiar with his remarks. His tone, they told us, suggested that he expected the proposal to be well-received. Instead, the allusion to the Korean Demilitarized Zone painted a grim picture of the Trump administration's vision for Ukraine's future."
"That no-man's-land on the 38th parallel, along with the Berlin Wall (which fell 36 years ago this month), are two of the most potent symbols of the Cold War. The DMZ is anything but peaceful, with artillery cannons poised on either side, incursion tunnels dug into the ground, and military aircraft patrolling the sky. Hundreds of soldiers have been killed in cease-fire violations over the years."
Dan Driscoll arrived late to a meeting at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Kyiv with diplomats from NATO member states. Guests awaited details of a 28-point peace plan delivered on behalf of the Trump administration to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Driscoll proposed constructing an "impenetrable DMZ" along front lines after a cease-fire, provoking anger among European diplomats. The Korean Demilitarized Zone served as the comparison, evoking frozen conflict, entrenched hostilities, artillery deployments, incursion tunnels, and patrols. Hundreds of soldiers have died in cease-fire violations there. Zelensky warned that such an arrangement "would be a dead zone." The front lines in Ukraine run more than 600 miles through prime industrial and agricultural regions.
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