Posted on 02/02/2023 1:47:45 PM PST by fluorescence
The White House and the CIA have responded to a report that CIA Director, William Burns, offered Russian President Vladimir Putin a fifth of Ukraine's territory to end the ongoing war as part of a peace plan drawn up on behalf of President Joe Biden.
A CIA official told Newsweek that claims in the report from Swiss-German newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) that Burns took a secret trip to Moscow in January and that there was a peace proposal put forward by the director on behalf of the White House were "completely false."
Last month, Burns traveled in secret to meet and brief Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, The Washington Post reported.
Burns is said to have submitted the plan in mid-January to put an end to the war, which began on February 24, 2022. The story was reported by NZZ on Thursday, citing high-ranking German foreign politicians.
Both Kyiv and Moscow reportedly rejected the proposal.
Newsweek reached out to the foreign ministries of Ukraine and Russia for comment.
According to the newspaper, the proposal offered "around 20 percent of Ukraine's territory"—approximately the size of Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.
Kyiv reportedly shut down the proposal "because they are not willing to have their territory divided" while Russian officials said they "will win the war in the long run anyway," reported NZZ, which has been described as the Swiss newspaper of record.
Sean Davett, the deputy spokesperson at White House's National Security Council, told Newsweek that the report from NZZ is "not accurate," and that the CIA would say the same.
According to the news outlet the German politicians said Biden wanted to avoid a protracted war in Ukraine, and so, offered the territory as part of the peace plan.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Update 2/2/23, 12:45 p.m. ET: This article was updated with a statement from the CIA.
Update 2/2/23, 11:30 a.m. ET: This article was updated with a statement from the White House.
Update 2/2/23, 10:30 a.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.
That’s pretty generous - is that on top of Joe’s 10%?
If Trump had even THOUGHT about doing this the commie media would have said that Trump is bending over to Putin, but since its Biden its all good
That may explain why the DS is trying to get rid of Slow Joe.
this is in response to Trump’s statement that he could end it
I don’t doubt this, it’s basically what Biden said at the beginning, a minor incursion is fine.
biden is an idiot
“Just a little sliver”
Well, it worked so well when Neville Chamberlain gave Hitler part of Czechoslovakia.
Since it’s Biden, the media will allude that it’s to protect the “poor suffering Ukrainians” from further death and destruction. If Trump did it, it would be inferred that it was merely a political stunt because his poll numbers were down. Gawd, I hate those MF-ers!
This probably would have had a chance at implementation August.
Now, too much has been said too much has been destroyed, and too many are dead. It’s a fight to the finish now.
Russia will decide when the war is over, and floating this just makes us look weak and conniving. Come to think of it, that’s a pretty good description of this bunch.
That’s pretty nice of President Retard to give away other people’s country
What a swell guy
That’s interesting.
I didn’t know it was his to give.
For some reason this puts me in mind of Czechoslovakia in 1938. Well, Biden at least invited Ukraine to the meeting; that was white of him.
That's what they are fighting over. Could have avoided the war.
And the U.S. has what right to offer Russia any part of any country???? None.
WaPo - long and established history of lies and propaganda put forward as news.
Bi-Shit WH - long and established history of lies and propaganda put forward as news.
CIA - long and established history of lies and propaganda put forward as news. It’s their job!
Swiss-German newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Never heard of them so they get a skeptical benefit of the doubt. No denial from the German gov. they claim as sources. Substance of story is plausible.
Verdict: Our gov is lying to us, again.
Russia warned the price would go up as time passed.
The Neville in this case is bidEn, who owns Czechoslovakia, with 40+ CIA biolabs, and Russia is about to take it away, amassing to today’s earlier account, 500,000 troops and an imminent Late-Winter/Spring campaign.
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