Posted on 11/19/2025 3:13:39 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Russia would keep control of Donbas region in exchange for rental fee under US plan
Ukraine could be forced to lease part of its territory to Russia under a US plan to end the war.
The Trump administration deal would see Kyiv cede control of the eastern Donbas region, but maintain legal ownership. Russia would pay an undisclosed rental fee for de facto control of the region, officials familiar with the deal told The Telegraph.
The 28-point plan was thrashed out between the US and Russia in a recent flurry of secretive talks, renewing fears that Ukraine is being frozen out of discussions about its future.
As well as forcing Ukraine to surrender territory, the deal would slash the size of Kyiv’s military in half and ban it from possessing long-range missiles.
It would also block deployments of foreign troops in Ukraine, end US military assistance and prevent foreign diplomatic aircraft from landing in the country. Russian would be made an official state language, and the Russian Orthodox Church would be given official status in the occupied territories.
Ukraine would be permitted to negotiate security guarantees from the US and European governments to help maintain any ceasefire.
Officials in the Ukrainian capital dismissed the plan, and Russia denied knowledge of it. Donald Trump did not comment on the deal, but revealed on Wednesday that he had recently told Vladimir Putin: “Let me settle your freaking war”.
However, sources said the White House had told Volodymyr Zelensky he must agree to the terms, sensing weakness because of a corruption scandal engulfing the Ukrainian president.
Mr Zelensky has repeatedly ruled out surrendering the entire Donbas to Russia as the price for peace. Ceding territory has been a long-held demand of Putin since he met Mr Trump in Alaska in August for peace...
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“...officials familiar with the deal told The Telegraph.”
Make sure you freeze the rent!
Ruzzia will never pay reparations to YouCraynee.
And that is what this Trump plan is.
A form of Reparations.
“Russia says they know nothing of this plan. This matters. Ukraine says no. This does not matter.”
EXACTLY. Russia knows nothing of it because it was dreamed up by some Neocon Think Tank and tossed into the media. ANYONE who understands the Russian position knows it’s just another hairbrained attempt to get Russia to capitulate. They’re not that dumb, not by a long shot.
And Ukraine doesn’t get a say in how the war will end, they’re just the mercenaries fighting for the Neocons...and now Trump (no different than Wagner fighting for the Russians). The war will end when Trump and Putin agree on a plan to end the war, no sooner no later. It’s THAT SIMPLE.
the neoCON cheerleaders of death aka fagboy zelensky nuthuggers will be sorely disappointed at the prospect of peace.
Territory is one part of this war. Putin wanting to kill civilians and destroy cities is another part. A 3rd part is Putin wants to be the dictator of the millions of people who live in Ukraine. Ukrainians were free people just like everyone is in the USA. Then Putin invaded and wanted to put them under his power.
And now this PLAN wants Ukraine to cut their military in half??? Putin invaded and Trump wants him to be the victor...
“EXACTLY. Russia knows nothing of it because it was dreamed up by some Neocon Think Tank”
“the neoCON cheerleaders of death aka fagboy zelensky nuthuggers will be sorely disappointed at the prospect of peace.”
So it is “neocon” to support this peace plan and “neocon” to oppose it.
As if Russia would ever pay a dime. Anyone who thinks this would ever happen should see the man over there about a bridge for sale.
It insults the intelligence of anyone who has ever studied Russian behavior. They are about one degree above the Arabs when it comes to making deals they never intend to abide by.
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