Ukraine did not agree to give up the territories of Donbas: what the US offered

Russia insists that Ukraine hand over the part of Donbas that Russian troops have so far failed to capture. The US has offered a compromise option that would have given Moscow control of the entire front line in the region, but Kyiv has not agreed to territorial concessions.

This was reported by The Telegraph, citing sources close to the negotiation process.

According to the publication, the American proposal envisaged that Russia would gain full control over the territories along the current front line in Donbas. At the same time, Ukraine would have to retain the cities it currently controls. However, it was not possible to agree on such a scenario.

Moscow continues to demand that Kyiv cede about 2,000 square miles of territory in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, land that the Russian army failed to capture during the fighting. It is this demand that has effectively blocked the American initiative to end the war.

Ahead of talks in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said that Ukraine would have a “different shape” after the war. His administration officials also hinted that during closed-door talks, Kyiv had allegedly shown a willingness to make territorial concessions.

However, a Ukrainian source familiar with the negotiations denied such allegations. According to him, the Ukrainian delegation did not agree to cede territories under Russian occupation.

“Ukraine will never recognize this – neither de facto nor de jure. And this has always been our position at the negotiating table,” the interlocutor of The Telegraph emphasized.

Recall that the US has proposed changing the administrative borders of Ukrainian regions so that Vladimir Putin can declare the achievement of his territorial goals without handing over to Russia the cities that Ukraine still controls. This idea is one of the concessions with which the American side is trying to interest the Kremlin in a peace agreement.

As reported, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the trilateral talks between Ukraine, the United States, and Russia in Abu Dhabi constructive and meaningful.

By the way, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the talks between Ukraine, the US, and Russia in Abu Dhabi productive, but warned against expecting a quick peace agreement.

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