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.
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That’s an insult to idiots.
Or silver - 40 pieces. I didn’t know Joe owned Ukraine and could give it to whoever and however he pleased.
“And the U.S. has what right to offer Russia any part of any country???? None.”
It has NOTHING to do with right or wrong. That’s for children.
It has to do with US interests. And US power.
Ukraine will take any deal we TELL them to. Because without our support they cease to exist and all politicians and officials of their government hang.
At least they’re trying. That’s a good sign.
The negotiating stage.
Where is that on Maslow’s hierarchy?
a peace proposal put forward by the director on behalf of the White House were “completely false.”
We offered 50%
Basically Trump would tell Putin what he told Kim.
Technically, I guess we could give them Alaska back.
It’s not ours to give.
I wonder, is this 20% the part of the Ukraine where the U.S. doesn’t have biolabs?
If Biden pulled military funding from Ukraine, it would have no choice but to accept anything we negotiated. That what needs to be done.
We bought Alaska from Russia.
(We stole Hawaii at USMC gunpoint, “manifest destiny” etc.)
Russia bought Crimea from the Ottomans before we ratified a Constitution.
LOL...you are right
No Ukriane does not have to take demands from the U.S. and it is not in U.S. interests at this point to make such a demand. By the way, both Russia and Ukraine rejected the idea.
Joe and Uniparty, Inc. have been slicing and dicing Ukraine ever since Obama’s gang showed up.
This story was likely leaked for political cover. Biden’s own democrat base is getting very restless. Many democrats want an end to the war. If I had to guess, it’s likely a “planted” story that is completely false. Biden’s WH has received a lot of criticism for not trying to broker peace and what do you know, according to this story, they did. Yeah, right.
If this were/is true, then either a) Putin would be crowing about how the US has abandoned Ukraine and is begging him for peace, or b) Putin is considering the offer.
It has NOTHING to do with right or wrong.
And now u know why thw world has always been in turmoil.
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