19 April 2025
Ukraine’s Defence Minister Rustem Umierov has told US officials that Kyiv is 90% behind President Trump’s peace initiative presented in Paris by the United States.
Source: a senior US presidential administration official in a comment to The New York Post
Details: The source notes that a full and comprehensive ceasefire decision is expected to be made in London next week.
Quote from the administration representative: “I think part of the concern they’ve got (Ukrainian – ed.) is on the land … just what they call ‘de jure’ and ‘de facto. ‘De facto’ means we recognise the Russians occupy this land, but we don’t say [Ukraine is] going to give it up forever. ‘De jure’ means we acknowledge that [the Russians] take in this land and we’ll never see it back again.”
More details: The New York Post reports that a senior official said that in order to bring Russia to the negotiating table, Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East, may offer Moscow a “carrot” in the form of reduced sanctions and possibly the unfreezing of seized assets.
Background: US President Donald Trump has claimed that Russia would submit a response to the US proposal for a “ceasefire” in Ukraine by 20 April.
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It really doesn’t matter if de jure or de facto, either one will never bring peace. Only a military defeat of the roach army can do that. But, Trump has quite a low IQ, so he doesn’t comprehend this fact.
“The New York Post reports that a senior official said that in order to bring Russia to the negotiating table, Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East, may offer Moscow a “carrot” in the form of reduced sanctions and possibly the unfreezing of seized assets.”
This is abject failure in the US approach. Let’s go easy on the terrorists while pressuring the country invaded. In fact failure is the operative word in this admin. Gaza – fail, Ukraine – fail, tariffs – fail.
They would also be wise to remember Ukraine has passed laws preventing negotiations with Terrorists and ceding land without the permission of Ukraine’s citizens.
Nothing the convicted felon does is a success.