Trump promised to end the war in 24 hours. It will take a little more, ultimately, but the plan seems to be taking shape.
As Donald Trump will officially be inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States, the most urgent issue he will find on his desk will be the settlement of the war in Ukraine.
A conflict that he assured he could “resolve in 24 hours”, in one of the boasts of which he has the secret. But far from the promises of the electoral campaign, reality is now catching up with Donald Trump, who would however have a plan to propose very soon.
According to the New York Times, the American president-elect could propose an armistice that would resemble the one put in place at the end of the Korean War.
An end to the war but not the end
On July 27, 1953, the armistice between the two Koreas ended the armed conflict, but since then the war has still not officially ended. South Korea and North Korea are still “technically” at war today.
While U.S. officials have no real evidence of a willingness to negotiate on the part of Vladimir Putin, they are banking on the idea that Russia would likely retain control of the territories it occupies in Ukraine. “Russia will most likely maintain its troops on approximately 20% of the Ukrainian territory it currently occupies,” mentions the NY Times.
-It also remains for the American administration to ensure that Russia does not take advantage of the cessation of hostilities to regroup and go on the offensive again in a few years.
NATO membership as a guarantee
A question that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thinks will be resolved by his country’s accession to NATO in order to guarantee its security. The New York Times mentions in this regard the deployment of European peacekeeping forces, probably with the participation of Great Britain, Germany and France.
Finally, Donald Trump’s project will also have to decide on the role of the United States, which the Biden administration hoped to see remain Ukraine’s main partner in the supply of weapons, intelligence and coordination of actions.
For his part, Putin could take advantage of Trump’s arrival at the White House to obtain broader concessions, such as the withdrawal of American troops from Europe.
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