Trump administrations ready to recognize Russian control over Crimea

Trump administrations ready to recognize Russian control over Crimea

The Trump administration plans to have Russian control over Krim To recognize the US proposal to terminate the war in Ukraine. This was announced to CNN on Friday.

status of the Crimea and other Ukrainian regions

The Crimea, located in the south of Ukraine, has been under Russian occupation since their illegal annexation in 2014. Four other Ukrainian regions, including Donetsk and Luhansk in the east as well as Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south, have also been partially occupied since Russia's extensive invasion.

reactions from Kyiv

from Kiev, there has been no official statement so far. However, the prospect that the United States could recognize Russian control over the Crimea will hardly be received positively. The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj said in March that his government would not recognize occupied areas as Russian, which he described as a "red line".

peace negotiations and challenges

Selenskyj noted that the territorial issues would be "probably one of the most sensitive and difficult topics" in the peace negotiations. He said: "The red line for us is the recognition of the temporarily occupied Ukrainian areas as Russian. We will not go into that."

US proposal and diplomatic conversations

The US proposal for the end of the war also provides for an armistice along the front lines. This framework was presented to the Europeans and the Ukrainians in Paris on Thursday and communicated to the Russians in a phone call between US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio and the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

frustration in the White House

Despite the claim of US President Donald Trump Could end, the American efforts for a peace agreement have largely stalled in the face of Russian inamental inimitable, which leads to growing frustration in the White House.

future steps and discussions

Rubio warned on Friday that the United States would be willing to "advance" within a few days should not be recognizable. Trump, on the other hand, proposed a less hard course and expressed more optimism with regard to the prospect of an agreement. When asked about a time frame for a withdrawal from the USA, Trump said: "No specific number of days, but quickly, we want to complete it."

collaboration with European partners

The informed official revealed that parts of the frame are still filled and the USA is planning to work with Europeans and Ukrainians in London next week. In addition, the Trump administration plans another meeting between Trump's Middle East Sonderstanded Steve Witkoff and representatives of Russia to reconcile Moscow with the frame.

To this report, CNNS Maria Kostenko, Lauren Kent and Antoinette Radford contributed.