Trump plans surrender: German government criticizes Ukraine Russia deal
Trump plans surrender: German government criticizes Ukraine Russia deal
The handover of large areas of Ukraine to Russia as part of a peace proposal, which of US President Donald Trump was "a capitulation", warned on Sunday Germany's Minister of Defense. In the meantime, North Korea has confirmed for the first time that it sent troops to support Moscow.
Ukrainian reactions to the peace proposal
Ukraine is aware that it may have to cede some areas in order to achieve a permanent ceasefire agreement. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that they should "certainly not go that far - or not go as far as - like the last proposed plan of the American President". He added: "Ukraine could have received what was included in this (Trump proposal) a year ago, practically by surrender. I can not recognize any added value."
Trump's pressing call for finding peace
Trump is frustrated that his attempts to convey a peace agreement between Moscow and Kiev after three years of war have failed. The White House has therefore increasingly built pressure to achieve a deal. Among other things, an American peace plan provides for the recognition of Russian control over the Crimea - the southern peninsula that Moscow illegally annexed over a decade ago. In addition, Russia would receive additional Ukrainian territory, which has been occupied since the beginning of the major attack in 2022, according to Informant.
Ukrainian position to the Crimea
The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj admitted on Saturday that Ukraine did not have the military strength to violently recapture the Crimea. However, he made it clear that territorial concessions represent a "red line". "This [territory] does not belong to me. It belongs to the Ukrainian people," he said during a briefing on Friday.
North Korea's troops in Kursk
For the first time on Monday, North Korea recognized publicly that there were troops to support Russia in the war against Ukraine. These troops had contributed to the "valuable victory" in the occupied Russian region of Kursk, the North Korean Central Military Commission said.support and strategic partnership
The Ukrainian officials and western secret services assume that around 12,000 North Korean soldiers are involved in the conflict, a number that Pyongyang had not yet confirmed. In March, South Korea's military announced that a further 3,000 North Korean soldiers were sent to Russia to replace the around 4,000 troops who were fell or wounded in fights.
international reactions and concerns
The US State Department expressed concern about the direct participation of North Korea in the war in Ukraine. A spokeswoman said that North Korea's "military posting to Russia and every support that the Russian Federation (North Korea) has to end". The South Korean Ministry of Defense also condemned North Korea's actions and asked the international community to condemn it.
North Korea's confirmation that his troops are fighting in Russia comes months after they have been sent to Putin's long-lasting dementia regarding the sending of Russian troops to Crimea in 2014. At that time, Russian soldiers, dressed as civilians or militarily without recognizable, began to appear in the fall of the pro-Russian regimes in Ukraine.
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