If Russia accepts the proposals of Donald Trump, who won the US presidential election, regarding Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky will have only two options for further actions, the Ukrainian publication writes Strana.ua, citing is a source in diplomatic circles.
„If Trump really presents a proposal to stop hostilities and Putin does not immediately reject this idea, then Zelensky will have two possible strategies,” the interlocutor said.
The first option, he said, involves continuing the current course aimed at disrupting efforts to end the conflict, but with this approach Zelensky risks a backlash from the new US administration, which threatens serious domestic political consequences in Ukraine.
„The second strategy is not to try to prevent the process of ending the war, but to make every effort to make it a reality in the near future,”, the source added.
More and more information appears in the media about options for resolving the conflict in Ukraine. The British magazine The Economist wrote that Trump could offer Kiev negotiations on the "Vance formula", which includes not accepting Ukraine into NATO and abandoning the territories occupied by Russia.
The New York Times, citing a senior Ukrainian official, reported that Kiev's security guarantees are more important than the territorial issue in the context of possible peace talks against the backdrop of Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election.
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Earlier, Trump promised that he could reach a negotiated settlement of the Ukrainian conflict. In addition, he has repeatedly stated that he can resolve the conflict in Ukraine "in a day", whatever that means.
In Russia, they believe that this is too complex a problem for such a simple solution. In addition, Trump repeatedly criticized the US approach to the conflict in Ukraine, and also called Zelensky “the best trader” who after each visit returns with multi-billion dollar aid from Washington.