Treachered Crimean warning to Ukraine

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Donald Trump’s warning to Kiev to accept a peace agreement that includes recognition of Russian sovereignty over the Crimea is mocking Washington’s supposed negotiations to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. Trump’s election campaign is proud that it could reach a peace agreement within 24 moderate hours. Likewise, the lack of efficiency and mockery of his administration because it is scrambling to decline in a settlement at any cost.

Now Trump and his officials A threat to walk away From the conversations unless Ukraine swallows written conditions without it. Trump’s comment on Wednesday is believed to have a deal with Vladimir Putin, but now You need to get one With Volodymyr Zelenskyy he used to say. This has never been appropriate triple negotiations.

Trump says Zelinski has no play cards. In fact, Trump took cards away from Ukraine and handed it over to Russia. Through amateurs or naivety, US officials gave an important lever before the conversations started. They excluded Ukraine’s membership in NATO or the possibility of restoring any occupied area. The Trump envoy, Nefert Steve Wittouf, was lured by the Kremlin compliments and swallowed the points of talk about the causes of the war.

Moscow pulled its feet on the negotiations, and it did not refuse for six weeks an American invitation to stop the unconditional shooting, but Washington did not apply any pressure. Trump described the deadly missile attack in Russia on Kyiv on Thursday as “not necessary and Time is very badIt is the closest to condemning the actions of Moscow. Ukraine, in contrast Threats And coercion, including the suspension of the delivery of weapons and Intelligence sharing. It was too Blame a lie to The start of the war. The United States forced it to sign on Automatic Airlines Convention on Mineral Extracting Casting for previous assistance.

Instead of negotiating a just peace for Ukraine and prompted Russia to sign it, Trump did the opposite. This may always be his intention, either because he believes Russia’s lies or because his view of the world is compatible with Putin. Whatever the case, Trump’s treatment of Ukraine will hesitate All over the world.

The American recognition of Russian sovereignty over the Crimea, which is the first enforcement of land in Europe since 1945, will not only encourage Putin to pursue claims in Ukraine and other former Soviet countries, but rather will combine tyrants elsewhere to violate the borders. China, with its eyes on Taiwan, will respond.

Tarm’s Crimean concession to Putin is particularly terrible because the official recognition was not previously a Russian prior condition for a deal. Insist on what is a red line to threaten to detonate the talks. Everything indicates so far that Trump will blame Ukraine, stop aid, drop sanctions, and throw Europe in a state of chaos. The winning Moscow will appear.

Some will argue that Ukraine should bend to reality and agree to the movement of Crimea Trump. It is not required to identify Russian sovereignty, and he cannot dispense with air defenses and intelligence. But this aid is no longer guaranteed – and the other reason that Europe must accelerate efforts to replace these capabilities. Ukraine is really afraid that the wrong peace will allow Putin to end the mission.

“You have been given the choice between war and tank. I have chosen a shame and you will get a war.” Historians oppose whether Winston Churchill said this to Nevil Chamberlain on the Munich Agreement in 1938 with Nazi Germany. But he risks Trump’s political Epitaph, unless Kiev and his European allies can somehow to change the path.