Former United States President Donald Trump has a plan on his table to “end the war in Ukraine.” Two of his security advisers – former members of the National Security Council during his Administration – propose withdrawing military aid to kyiv … if the Ukrainian Government does not begin peace talks with Moscow. The Reuters agency reported exclusively that the retired lieutenant general Keith Kellogg and Fred Fleitz They propose establishing a ceasefire and starting talks based on the front lines established at the time. Fleitz maintains that kyiv would not have to formally cede territory, but believes that the Ukrainian armed forces will not have the capacity to retake all the territory occupied by the Russians in the “short term.”
The proposal has already been presented to the Republican candidate, Donald Trump, and his assessment is positive, said one of the authors. “I’m not saying I agreed or agreed with every word, but we were pleased to receive the response we received,” noted Fred Fleitz. Trump himself had declared that, if he reached the White House, he would be able to end the war in Ukraine in “24 hours.” Reuters notes that this plan is the “most detailed yet from Trump’s associates.”
The strategy would not only pressure kyiv to come to the negotiating table. Kellogg stated that if Russia refused to agree to a temporary cessation of hostilities, the United States would send more weapons to Ukraine. “We tell the Ukrainians: ‘You have to come to the table, and if you don’t come to the table, US support will dry up,'” the retired lieutenant general said. “And you tell Putin: ‘He has to come to the table and if you don’t come to the table, then we will give the Ukrainians everything they need to kill you in the field,'” Kellog added. The Biden Administration has stated that “any decision on negotiations is up to Ukraine” and they will not force kyiv to come to the negotiating table.
The bulk of the document reflects the same ideas as an article published last April by the America First Policy Institute, where experts close to Donald Trump work. The text proposes delaying Ukraine’s entry into NATO “for an extended period in exchange for a comprehensive and verifiable peace agreement with security guarantees.”
Ukraine has so far rejected any territorial concessions in exchange for peace. And this latest proposal from Trump’s advisors does not convince the kyiv authorities either. Presidential adviser Mikhailo Podoliak told Reuters that “Ukraine has an absolutely clear understanding and it is detailed in the peace formula proposed by President Zelensky, it is clearly stated there: peace can only be fair and peace can only be based in international law.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov“He stressed that Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to negotiations, but taking into account the real situation on the ground.”
