Trump's vague plans for Ukraine leave Russia unimpressed
The team of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has yet to propose any meaningful solutions to end the war in Ukraine, according to Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya.
Vasily Nebenzya, Russia's ambassador to the UN, assessed the proposals from Donald Trump's team regarding the end of the war in Ukraine. He remarked: "These are some unshaped, unclear signals of readiness for something.” We often hear the term "conflict freeze," Nebenzya noted in an interview with the state television channel Rossiya 24.
"Nothing seems interesting"
The ambassador stressed that Vladimir Putin has "clearly and explicitly" defined the conditions for ending the war. "So far, nothing in the signals from the new American administration seems interesting to us," Nebenzya concluded.
The Moscow Times reported that Trump's associates have put forward at least three concepts to end Russia's war against Ukraine. These include forcing negotiations, freezing hostilities, and not inviting Ukraine to NATO for a decade, an idea proposed by the future envoy for Russia and Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg. Other proposals include an unclear plan from the future U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance, who suggested creating a demilitarized zone and ensuring Kyiv's neutrality, along with recommendations from Trump's future special missions envoy, Richard Grenell, about establishing "autonomous zones."
In early December in Paris, there was a meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump proposed an immediate ceasefire and a transition to peace negotiations but did not present a concrete plan for resolving the conflict, leading to a "growing sense of uncertainty" in Kyiv. Trump also mentioned that if the war ends, Ukraine should receive security guarantees, The Moscow Times reported.
