Advisors close to Donald Trump have developed a plan they believe would help end the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. A plan that could be implemented in the event of the victory of the former American president in the November 2024 elections.
Two top advisers to Donald Trump presented him with a plan to end the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, including making US military support for Kyiv conditional on peace negotiations with Moscow – a plan that could be implemented if the businessman returns to the White House.
At the same time, the United States would warn Moscow that any refusal to negotiate would result in increased American support for Ukraine, retired General Keith Kellogg, one of Donald Trump’s advisers on matters of security, said in an interview. national security.
Under the plan developed by Keith Kellogg and Fred Fleitz, who both served on Donald Trump’s National Security Council during his presidency from 2017 to 2021, the opening of negotiations would be accompanied by a ceasefire along front lines existing at that time, and would rule out the hypothesis of Ukraine joining NATO in the short term.
Favorable response
This plan was presented to Donald Trump and the former president responded favorably, Fred Fleitz said. “I’m not pretending that he approved of it or that he approved of every word of it, but we were happy to get the reactions that we got.”
Donald Trump’s spokesperson, Steven Cheung, however, recalled that only statements made by the former tenant of the White House or by authorized members of his electoral campaign should be considered official. The plan outlined by the two advisors is the most detailed ever developed by Donald Trump’s collaborators.
The businessman, campaigning for re-election to the presidency against Joe Biden, claimed he could quickly resolve the conflict in Ukraine if he was re-elected, but provided no details on his strategy.
Radical turning point
Fred Fleitz told Reuters the plan did not include Ukraine giving up some of its Russian-occupied territories, but said “unlikely” that Kyiv can restore its territorial integrity in the short term.
The proposal would mark a radical shift in Washington’s stance on the conflict and could spark opposition from Kyiv’s other Western allies. On Tuesday, the Kremlin responded by asserting that any peace plan proposed by a possible future Trump administration should reflect the reality on the ground, namely Russia’s occupation of part of Ukraine, while repeating that Vladimir Putin was open to talks.
“The value of any plan lies in the nuances and in taking into account the true state of the situation on the ground,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Reuters. “President Putin has repeatedly said that Russia is and remains open to negotiations, taking into account the real situation on the ground”, he added. For its part, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry did not respond to requests for comment on the plan.
