Is ceasefire in Russian war against Ukraine near?

His latest meeting with Putin also included negotiations with Ushakov and Dmitriev. This suggests that details may have been worked out following “high-level permission” from Putin.

According to Trump’s friend and special representative, the central issue in resolving the conflict will be the topic of the “five territories.”

In my view, this should be interpreted as follows: Ukraine may be pressured into making greater concessions. This could mean either heavy U.S. pressure on Kyiv to withdraw the Armed Forces from the Ukrainian-controlled parts of these territories in exchange for concessions from Putin on Iran and China — or the declaration of these areas as “demilitarized zones,” where new “referendums” would be held under the supervision of a group of countries.

It gets even more mysterious. “There is security protocols, there is no NATO, NATO Article Five. Just a lot of detail attached to it… I think we might be on the verge of something that would be very important for the world at large,” Witkoff says.

The Ukrainian issue is being framed as part of a broader global agreement that may include certain commitments and compromises from NATO. Russia would then have the opportunity to present it as the realization of its long-standing dream of a “Yalta 2.0.”

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About the author: Oleh Posternak, political technologist and consultant, member of the Association of Professional Political Consultants of Ukraine.

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