Details of post-summit call were leaked in which US president supports plan for Kyiv to give up Donbas region

Details of post-summit call were leaked in which US president supports plan for Kyiv to give up Donbas region

Donald Trump will back a plan to cede unoccupied Ukrainian territory to Russia to secure an end to the war between the two countries, it was reported on Saturday, after details of his post-summit call with European leaders leaked out.

Trump told European leaders that he believed a peace deal could be negotiated if the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, agreed to give up the Donbas region, which Russian invaders have not been able to seize in over three years of fighting, the New York Times reported, citing to two senior European officials.

Two sources with direct knowledge of the talks in Alaska told the Guardian that Putin demanded Ukraine withdraw from Donbas, which is made up of the Donestk and Luhansk regions, as a condition for ending the war, but offered Trump a freeze along the remaining frontline.

  • Kinperor@lemmy.caEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I’ve done some superficial researches but I couldn’t find anything: does anyone know what the morale is like in the regions that voted to join the Russian federation ? I only found out recently that there was a referendum held in the regions almost immediately by Russia. Stop. I know you want to call these referendum a sham, but this isn’t the question here. Russia is going to operate as though they aren’t a sham and no one has the power to stop them at the moment, so what I’m asking is “what is going on in these regions”.

    I can’t find the article I initially found on the matter, but apparently civilian areas were being shelled by Ukraine during the vote period.

    I’m not sure why Kyiv is so obsessed with fighting to reclaim regions that were ethnic russians and that seems like they don’t even want to be part of Ukraine.

      • Kinperor@lemmy.caEnglish
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        4 months ago

        I get why you would bring this up, but this is not an helpful intervention in the conversation. “Incredible” doesn’t mean anything objective, and Ukraine factually killed multiple separatists before 2021, there’s no way for me to know whether you’re blaming Russia or Ukraine. So please be more specific, ideally with a source because otherwise this isn’t adding anything to the conversation.

  • ramble81@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Doesn’t much matter, Zelensky has already said that’s a non-starter and their constitution forbids it anyway.

      • DicJacobus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Treaties dont matter when your enemy doesnt respect them,

        Russias conditions for peace are surrender, and surrender is death. The Russian army has from day 1, displayed that their intention is ethnic cleansing.

        • mrdown@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          All that matter is who have better stamnia and stronger position in the war. I am not talking morally but just how thr world works