Witkoff first shared this “plan” with Trump after he met with the Russian special representative Kirill Dmitriev last week.
The special representative of Trump on Ukraine’s issues Kit Kelloglog opposed the proposal of Witkoff. He said that Ukraine would never agree to unilaterally transfer the territory to Russia, two sources told.
The agency noted that Trump did not change his strategy before Witkoff’s trip to Russia on April 11.
Context
Russian invaders, starting in 2014, occupied Crimea, parts of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson and Kharkov regions. Also, under the Russian occupation, the Kinburne Spit belonging to the Nikolaev region.
On June 14, 2024, the illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the so -called peaceful proposal, in the case of the conditions of which Russia allegedly agrees to end fire and begin negotiations with Ukraine: Ukraine must withdraw troops From Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions and agree with their status. In addition, Ukraine must recognize the occupation of Crimea.
After Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, his administration repeatedly spoke about the need for concessions in negotiations regarding the end of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. In particular, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in January called the Ukrainian plan to throw the Army of the aggressor country into the borders before the start of a full-scale war. Kellogs also spoke about the concessions that “all parties” should go.
On March 11, the United States and Ukraine held negotiations in Jidd (Saudi Arabia) regarding the establishment of peace in Ukraine. According to Rubio, they discussed issues of territorial concessions.
On March 14, the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukraine does not recognize the occupied territories part of the Russian Federation.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Sibiga called the three red lines of Ukraine in any future negotiations on the end of the Russian war against Ukraine: the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, a veto to choose from the people of Ukraine regarding the EU or NATO, restriction of the defense capacity of Ukraine.
