rump's "final offer" for peace requires Ukraine to accept Russian occupation

[struggle4progress]

Barak Ravid

... Trump's proposal would require major concessions from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who previously ruled out accepting Russia's occupation of Crimea and parts of four regions in eastern Ukraine.

And while Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly offered to freeze the current front lines in order to reach a deal, he has previously rejected other elements of the U.S. framework, such as a European peacekeeping force on Ukrainian territory.

A source close to the Ukrainian government said Kyiv sees the proposal as highly biased towards Russia: "The proposal says very clearly what tangible gains Russia gets, but only vaguely and generally says what Ukraine is going to get" ...

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/22/trump-russia-ukraine-peace-plan-crimea-donbas

[cachukis]

1. trump can not think beyond a transaction.

[msongs]

2. huffin and puffin'...just wait a few days and the tune will change. he cannot follow thru anything nt

[sakabatou]

3. There is NO way Ukraine would accept this

[Scrivener7]

4. Whatever they agree to, he won't honor the agreement.

They should agree to nothing.

[SheltieLover]

8. Exactly!

[BigmanPigman]

10. I wonder if they could fake him out...

Maybe a reverse barometer sort of thing? He seems so helter skelter all the time that I think it would be easy to screw him up and be successful. He's REALLY that dumb and scattered.

[SheltieLover]

11. He is, but his handlers are meticulous.

[BigmanPigman]

13. Damn, you are right though.

[struggle4progress]

5. Trump blames Zelenskyy for peace talk collapse

High-level peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine collapsed on Wednesday after Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff chose not to attend meetings in London.

[lame54]

6. I don't think we are part of it anymore...

Trump's words are irrelevant

[J_William_Ryan]

7. Trump, forever Putin's useful idiot.

Trump wants to reward his friend and ally Putin for launching an illegal invasion killing thousands, including civilians; that Trump wants to appease a war criminal comes as no surprise, Trump’s a criminal himself.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. Zelensky reposted a 2018 statement by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,

Link to tweet

Zelensky reposted a 2018 statement by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, which reads:

“The United States reaffirms as policy its refusal to recognize the Kremin's claims of sovereignty over territory seized by force.”

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. Less a "final offer" than a "final solution" (for those familiar with the term).

Krasnov has no business in any so-called negotiation between Russia and anybody. Under him, the US is not an "honest broker."