Posted on 02/27/2025 7:32:23 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Russia is demanding control of cities in Ukraine that its forces don't currently occupy as part of a deal with President Donald Trump to potentially bring an end to the war, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has said.
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Trump has suggested that both Russia and Ukraine must make concessions in the war. Kyiv has rejected any idea of ceding territory to Moscow, while Putin has demanded that Ukraine give up its aspirations of joining the NATO military alliance, and cede its Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
The ISW think tank, based in Washington D.C., noted that there are several large cities in these regions that Russian forces "do not currently occupy and have no prospect of seizing."
Russia's occupation of the remainder of the four Ukrainian oblasts would include large cities such as Kherson City (pre-war population of about 275,000), Kramatorsk (147,000 people), and Zaporizhzhia City (706,000)—all of which remain under Ukrainian control," the think tank said.
Conceding to Putin's demands would effectively hand over 1 million Ukrainians to Russia, the ISW said.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
As long as we shut off the spigot.
Yep. I hope they can achieve a ceasefire and stop all the killing, but if they want it to keep going, fine. Do it without our money and equipment.
Of course, this is Newsweak. I trust them about as much as I trust Adam Schiff.
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