Proposals for peace discussed during the Alaskan summit between Russian Vladimir Putin and Donald Trum include Russia to give up small areas of the occupied Ukrainian territory, while Ukraine would agree to the transfer of large parts of its Eastern region, which has not yet been seized, sources informed about Moscow Reuters.
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The report follows the recent meeting between Trump and Putin at the US Air Force on Alaska, their first personal discussion since the outbreak of war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr is expected to visit Washington on Monday to meet Trump and explore the potential resolution of the war that began in February 2022, when Russia launched a full scale invasion. Reuters reported.
Although the summit failed to secure the ceasefire he said, Trump said in an interview with Sean Hannita of Fox News that he and Putin had discussed land and security guarantees for Ukraine and “agreed to a large extent”.
“I think we are quite close to the agreement,” he said, adding, “Ukraine must agree with it. Maybe they say” no “.”
Both sources that applied for anonymity to discuss sensitive matters stated that their knowledge of Putin’s proposals was mostly based on discussions between leaders in Europe, the US and Ukraine and noted that it was not complete.
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Trump informed Zelena and European leaders in his discussions about the summit soon on Saturday.
It was not immediately clear whether Putin’s proposals were the introductory gambit, which served as a starting point for negotiations or rather as a final offer that was not the subject of discussion.
Ukrainian land for peace
On the surface, some of the proposed conditions would be extremely difficult for the leadership of Ukraine.
Putin’s proposal allegedly excludes a ceasefire until a full agreement is reached directly against the main condition set by the President Zelena, because Ukraine will continue to last daily strikes of Russian drones and missiles.
According to the proposed Russian Agreement, Kyiv would fully withdraw from the Eastern and Luhansk regions in return for the Russian pledge to freeze the front lines in the southern regions of Kherson and Zeporizzhia, said sources.
However, Ukraine has already refused to pull the idea of moving from any part of its territory, including Donetsk, where the Ukrainian forces are firmly rooted. Kyiv considers the area to be an essential defense line to stop Russian progress further into the country.
Russia holds pockets of regions of sums and charkiv, which according to the Deep State Battlefield Mapping project in Ukraine a total of about 440 square kilometers. Ukraine controls around 6,600 square kilometers Donbas, which includes regions of Donetsk and Luhanský and Russia claims it.
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Although the Americans did not explain it, sources said they knew that the Russian leader was also looking for – at least – the formal recognition of Russian sovereignty in the Crimea, which Moscow had confiscated from Ukraine in 2014.
It was not clear whether this meant recognition of the US government or, for example, all Western powers and Ukraine. Kyiv and its European allies reject the formal recognition of the Moscow government on the peninsula.
They said Putin would also expect to lift at least some series of sanctions against Russia. However, they could not say whether this also concerned us and European sanctions.
Trump said on Friday that he did not have to consider retaliatory tariffs on countries like China, for the purchase of Russian oil – which is subject to a number of Western sanctions – but may have to “two or three weeks”.
Ukraine would also be forbidden to join the NATO military alliance, although Putin seemed to be open to Ukraine, which received some security guarantees, said sources to Reuters.
However, they added that it is not clear what this means in practice. European leaders said Trump had discussed security guarantees for Ukraine during their conversation on Saturday and also went through the idea of “Article 5” outside the NATO military alliance.
NATO considers any attack initiated on one of the 32 members as an attack on all according to his Article 5.
Join an Atlantic Alliance is a strategic goal for Kiev, which is anchored in the country’s constitution.
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Russia would also demand official status for Russian language within parts or across Ukraine, as well as the right of the Russian Orthodox Church to function freely, sources told Reuters.
The Ukrainian Security Agency accuses the Moscow Church for guiding the Russian war in Ukraine by spreading pro -Russian propaganda and housing, something that the Church denies, which says it has reduced canonical ties with Moscow.
Ukraine was passed by a law prohibiting religious organizations related to Russia, of which the Church considers one. However, he has not yet begun to promote a ban.
(With Reuters inputs)
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