{"id":1331988,"date":"2025-12-12T11:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/obsessed-with-the-idea-trump-s-special-envoy-witkoff-insists-on-handing-over-the-occupied-part-of-donetsk-region-to-russia\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:57:13","slug":"obsessed-with-the-idea-trump-s-special-envoy-witkoff-insists-on-handing-over-the-occupied-part-of-donetsk-region-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/obsessed-with-the-idea-trump-s-special-envoy-witkoff-insists-on-handing-over-the-occupied-part-of-donetsk-region-to-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cObsessed with the idea\u201d: Trump\u2019s special envoy Witkoff insists on handing over the occupied part of Donetsk region to Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is urging Ukraine to hand over occupied areas of the Donetsk region to Russia, saying such concessions could lead to a “just peace” and prevent further escalation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is reported by the Financial Times<\/a> .<\/p>\n

According to journalists, Steve Witkoff is “obsessed with the idea” of handing over the occupied part of the Donetsk region to Russia. The publication cites comments from high-ranking Ukrainian officials.<\/p>\n

It is noted that Witkoff insists that this will help avoid a longer and more destructive war. Journalists noted that he, along with other representatives of the Trump administration, has been promoting the idea of a “land swap” in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Administration officials believe that territorial concessions could become part of a future peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n

Previously, Donald Trump stated that Ukraine “has no cards” and risks losing more next year if it refuses to make “reasonable territorial concessions” now.<\/p>\n

The Financial Times specifies that Ukraine currently controls about 25 percent of the Donetsk region. The publication emphasizes that this territory is of high political and military importance and includes a fortified line of the cities of Pokrovsk, Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.<\/p>\n

The material emphasizes that if these cities are captured, it will be easier for Russian troops to advance deeper into Ukraine due to the open spaces behind the defensive line.<\/p>\n

During a visit to Kyiv, US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said that the Trump administration is ready to guarantee security along the eastern front line and create “the most high-tech demilitarized zone” in the world.<\/p>\n

“We will provide the strongest line in the world,” said Dan Driscoll.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed concern that the creation of a demilitarized zone would lead to a freeze in the conflict.<\/p>\n

“A short pause will give Russia time to regroup before a new offensive,” said Volodymyr Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n

Recall that US President’s special envoy Steve Witkoff allegedly convinced Ukrainian representatives to ask the United States for zero tariffs in exchange for Tomahawk missiles<\/a> . According to sources, this proposal was made in October, when the White House was considering the possibility of transferring these missiles to Ukraine.<\/p>\n

As reported by “Pryamy”, in October 2025, US Special Representative Steve Witkoff held talks with Russian officials<\/a> , during which he discussed how to promote a peace initiative for President Donald Trump. Information about the content of the conversation caused a sharp reaction in the American political environment and Congress.<\/p>\n

During a conversation with Putin\u2019s foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov, Witkoff suggested creating a \u201c20-point peace plan similar to the one in Gaza.\u201d He also suggested arranging a phone call between Trump and Putin before Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.<\/p>\n

The released recordings of Trump’s special representative, Stephen Witkoff, and Russian officialshave sparked a flurry of criticism in Western media<\/a> . Journalists call the situation shocking and draw attention to Witkoff’s blatant misunderstanding of the Kremlin’s goals.<\/p>\n

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US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is urging Ukraine to hand over occupied areas of the Donetsk region to Russia, saying such concessions could lead to a “just peace” and prevent further escalation. This is reported by the Financial Times . According to journalists, Steve Witkoff is “obsessed with the idea” of handing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1325722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76875,76885],"class_list":["post-1331988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1331988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1325722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1331988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1331988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}