Trump Claims Ukraine Leaders Show No Gratitude to US
Trump claims that the leaders of Ukraine have "zero gratitude" for US efforts to put an end to the conflict.
The officials of Ukraine, according to President Donald Trump, have "zero gratitude" for US attempts to put an end to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
His remarks on social media coincided with discussions between Ukraine and its European allies and US negotiators in Geneva on a set of ideas that have been widely leaked and are thought to favour Moscow.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated, "We've had probably the most productive and meaningful meeting so far in this entire process," during a pause in the negotiations with the Ukrainians. The parties were "moving to a just peace," according to Ukraine's representative.
Later, President Volodymyr Zelensky declared that he was "personally" appreciative of Trump.
Zelensky had issued a warning earlier this week that Ukraine had to decide whether to "either lose dignity, or risk losing a key partner."
The US plan may serve as "the basis" for a solution, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who initiated the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that "strong and proper" US and Ukrainian leadership would have prevented the Russia-Ukraine war, while Rubio visited with Ukrainians on Sunday.
He continued, using capital letters, to accuse Ukraine's "leadership" of failing to express gratitude to the US for its peace initiatives.
The US president also noted in his article that Europe, where Kyiv has some of its most ardent supporters, was still purchasing Russian oil.
Moscow's conflict in Ukraine is mostly funded by its exports of gas and oil.
Senior officials from the US, Ukraine, Britain, France, and Germany are participating in the Geneva discussions, which started over dinner on Saturday and are anticipated to continue all day in various formats behind closed doors.
They are concentrating on the 28-point draft, the leaked version of which calls for the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the portion of the eastern Donetsk region that they currently control, as well as the de facto Russian control of Donetsk, the neighbouring Luhansk region, and the southern Crimea peninsula that Russia annexed in 2014.
Freezing the borders of the southern Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine following the existing war lines is another part of the strategy. Russia occupies a portion of both areas.
Additionally, the US plan restricts Ukraine's military to 600,000 soldiers instead of the current 880,000.
Importantly, the document calls for Ukraine to refrain from applying for NATO membership. Rather, Kyiv would get "reliable security guarantees"—about which no specifics have been provided.
According to the memo, "it is expected" that NATO would not continue to grow and that Russia will not invade its neighbours.
Additionally, the document proposes that Russia be "reintegrated into the global economy" by inviting it to rejoin the G7 group of the world's most powerful nations, so re-establishing the G8, and by relaxing sanctions.
Approximately 20% of Ukrainian territory is currently under Russian control, and despite reports of significant casualties, Russian forces have been making sluggish progress along the lengthy front line.
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President Zelensky stated that there was an understanding that the US plan might consider "a number of elements that are based on the Ukrainian vision and are critical to Ukraine's national interests" prior to Trump's most recent remarks.
At first, Trump had given Ukraine until November 27 to accept the recommendations.
However, he later stated that this was not his "final offer" for Kyiv in response to concerns raised by Ukraine's allies in Europe, Canada, and Japan.
The allies stated in a joint statement that while the proposal contained features "essential for a just and lasting peace," it would "require additional work" due to concerns over border adjustments and army restrictions on Ukraine.
There were rumours that the European team in Geneva would suggest altering certain important aspects of the first US plan, such as border adjustments and military force limitations for Ukraine.
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