Details of post-summit call were leaked in which US president supports plan for Kyiv to give up Donbas region

Donald Trump will back a plan to cede unoccupied Ukrainian territory to Russia to secure an end to the war between the two countries, it was reported on Saturday, after details of his post-summit call with European leaders leaked out.

Trump told European leaders that he believed a peace deal could be negotiated if the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, agreed to give up the Donbas region, which Russian invaders have not been able to seize in over three years of fighting, the New York Times reported, citing to two senior European officials.

Two sources with direct knowledge of the talks in Alaska told the Guardian that Putin demanded Ukraine withdraw from Donbas, which is made up of the Donestk and Luhansk regions, as a condition for ending the war, but offered Trump a freeze along the remaining frontline.

  • DicJacobus@lemmy.world
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    European intervention is looking like the only option now. because America is a captured state. there are only bad options now. and Europe is more than a year behind reality,

    they sat on their hands hoping Kamala would win, and that they’d be allowed to continue offshoring their own defense matters to America, she didnt

    so they sat on their hands hoping Trump wouldn’t be who everyone thought he would be, He was exactly what everyone thought he’d be.

    so they sat on their hands hoping he would change with time. He didn’t, he accelerated his agenda and threw kerosone on the world by Parroting Putin, advocating Bibi, and Bombing Iran.

    So they sat on their hands hoping he’d have a change of heart. And he rolled out the red carpet for the most honored guest, VVP.

    Trump is an Ally of the Russian Mafia, Article 5 is already useless in terms of America, America wont go to war with Russia even if a KAB landed in Berlin tonight. Europe ought to consider their choices ahead.

    Option 1 > Stop Bleating at America, Stop insisting that America Negotiate on Ukraines behalf in a specific way, and show some fucking teeth, and prepare for war.

    Option 2 > Keep bleating at America, and accept Russia controls your politics now, and probably watch as your alliance disintegrates in 3 years when a military conflict breaks out in Latvia and no one wants to go to war with Russia.

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      Neither of them have the resources to continue the fight. This was always on America’s dime, because national security had been outsourced to private American businesses

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        I guess. Yeah. That’s why Trunp can call the shots. Which he appears to be doing. The EU is in a world of hurt given that Trump fluffs Putin.

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    Muscovites 1 MAGAts 0

    F-off! The French should have ignored the American colonists plea for financial and military aid to boot out the Red Coats.

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      MAGAts 0

      What have they lost? MAGA was aligned with Putin from the start, because it was the opposite of what Biden wanted. It’s not their territory that’s being lost and they generally think Ukrainians are soy liberals who deserve to lose.

      Liberals keep trying to turn this into a contest between Americans and Russians, but it is clearly not

      The French should have ignored the American colonists plea for financial and military aid

      The American Natives and African future slaves would have been far better off if they had.

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        Purchase a one-way ticket to Russia. Nobody with a sane mind would want to be occupied by the Muscovites.

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    If it works that way, when will Trump start giving out states to the highest bidder?

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    I’ve done some superficial researches but I couldn’t find anything: does anyone know what the morale is like in the regions that voted to join the Russian federation ? I only found out recently that there was a referendum held in the regions almost immediately by Russia. Stop. I know you want to call these referendum a sham, but this isn’t the question here. Russia is going to operate as though they aren’t a sham and no one has the power to stop them at the moment, so what I’m asking is “what is going on in these regions”.

    I can’t find the article I initially found on the matter, but apparently civilian areas were being shelled by Ukraine during the vote period.

    I’m not sure why Kyiv is so obsessed with fighting to reclaim regions that were ethnic russians and that seems like they don’t even want to be part of Ukraine.

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      Why do you think that referendum being a sham doesn’t matter and then use it as justification for Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukrainian territory.

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        Like I already said: Russia will act as though they aren’t a sham.

        Unless you tell me you can stop Russia from doing what it pleases, it doesn’t matter that the west cry foul.

        Why are YOU not asking what is going on in these regions? What if the referendums weren’t scam and most of the ex-Ukrainians are actually happy? This isn’t my assertion, I genuinely don’t know what is going on there, hence me asking what the morale is over there.

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          Like I already said: Russia will act as though they aren’t a sham.

          That’s not all you said, is it? You ALSO said that Ukrainians voted in a referendum to join Russia. Right here and this IS your assertion:

          I’m not sure why Kyiv is so obsessed with fighting to reclaim regions that were ethnic russians and that seems like they don’t even want to be part of Ukraine.

          I don’t give a shit what Russia thinks, they’re wrong. You’re defending Russia by using the referendum, conveniently, you don’t want to talk about the referendum’s legitimacy.

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            I’m asking questions, why are you getting so emotional and upset?

            If you are correct, then just share sources showing that there’s a massive resistance movement in the area that voted for a referendum and that Russia barely gains anything from being there. Ukrainians are praised for their guerilla warfare, how come Russia can hold on to so many regions?

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              Just asking questions doesn’t shield you from the direct Russian propaganda you’re spewing.

              If you are correct, then just share sources showing that there’s a massive resistance movement in the area that voted for a referendum and that Russia barely gains anything from being there.

              There’s no need to, you need to prove they want to be Russian not the other way round. The sham referendum is just as you say, a sham and evidences nothing especially when you watch videos of ballet boxes being stuffed.

              Ukrainians are praised for their guerilla warfare, how come Russia can hold on to so many regions?

              Because they have like 8x the population and 30x the military equipment prewar oh and nukes. For what they started with against whom they started against this is incredibly incredibly bad progress.

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        I get why you would bring this up, but this is not an helpful intervention in the conversation. “Incredible” doesn’t mean anything objective, and Ukraine factually killed multiple separatists before 2021, there’s no way for me to know whether you’re blaming Russia or Ukraine. So please be more specific, ideally with a source because otherwise this isn’t adding anything to the conversation.

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        What misinformation? Are you saying there was no referendum? Or that those regions aren’t mostly populated with ethnic Russians? Or that Kyiv doesn’t want to retake those regions?

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            Nobody at any point claimed it was trustworthy, only that it was held.

            Kinperor is asking if you or anyone else has any better data on how the people living in the former Ukraine territories feel.

            This shouldn’t be too much of an ask given how low the confidence is the Russian-held referendum and how certain yall seem to be that predominantly ethnically Russian people in those areas are yearning for Ukrainian freedom.

            Personally, I would be quite surprised if the people who have been oppressed and bombed both sides have anything but disdain for either.

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      Actually, Lenin invented the United States in the first place, so their entire country is historically part of Russia /s

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      There’s some nutjobs in the Duma who have already said that. Though this should be taken the same way as when some nutjob in the US House says something. Probably nothing will come of it, but occasionally, it does.

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    Doesn’t much matter, Zelensky has already said that’s a non-starter and their constitution forbids it anyway.

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      None of these demands are remotely acceptable to European leaders, either. Donbas is the part the headlines focus on, but the security guarantees sought by Russia are more egregious, given they would leave Ukraine totally defenseless.

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      Got a translated source? That’d be a really interesting constitution

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      Constitution doesn’t matter much when your invader is stronger than you

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        Treaties dont matter when your enemy doesnt respect them,

        Russias conditions for peace are surrender, and surrender is death. The Russian army has from day 1, displayed that their intention is ethnic cleansing.

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          All that matter is who have better stamnia and stronger position in the war. I am not talking morally but just how thr world works

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        stronger than you

        lmao, 3 years and the great superpower once thought equal to the United States can’t win the war they started. Give me a break.

        USA was stronger than Vietnam and they still lost. USSR was stronger than Afghanistan and they still lost.

        Clearly strength isn’t everything. Russia just needs to relearn this lesson they forgot - a determined foe can’t be beaten with brute strength alone.

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          lmao, 3 years and the great superpower once thought equal to the United States can’t win the war they started

          Nobody in the right mind though russia nowhere near usa power

          USA was stronger than Vietnam and they still lost. USSR was stronger than Afghanistan and they still lost

          If russia was losing there wouldn’t be discussion about ukraine giving up some land but don’t get me wrong i don’t think they will control those lands forever. No occupation is eternal

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            If russia was losing there wouldn’t be discussion about ukraine giving up some land

            You might have some semblance of a point if Zelenskyy and Putin were the ones having this negotiation, but the only two people seriously discussing this are Trump (a moron and a traitor) and Putin (the guy currently losing).

            Why does Russia want peace so badly if they could just win at any time? Believe me, dipshits like you have been flooding my DMs for 3 years saying Russia is only a few weeks away from crushing Ukraine and I love nothing more than setting up reminders to come back and taunt you when Ukraine is still here, still fighting, and not willing to take some shitty deal that Trump the Traitor and Putin decided on themselves behind closed doors.

            So tell me, how much longer before Russia wins this conflict? Can’t wait for your next big prediction Nostradumbass. I’ll be sure to save it and come back to make fun of you just like all the others. Nothing else makes me feel more superior.

            You are right about one thing, though. No occupation is eternal. The Russian invaders will be expelled from Ukraine eventually.

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              You are insulting me just because i disagree with you about who has the upper hand in the war although i support ukraine and i agree that morally ukraine shouldn’t give up it’s land just like palestinians also do? . You piece of trash. Learn some manner

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                You can disagree all you like, but facts are facts. Ukraine is not losing, Russia is not winning.

                If you woke up tomorrow and started saying “I disagree, the sky is not blue it is red.” people would rightly treat you like a fucking moron. Same here. Fuck your feelings.

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                  Only your feeling are hurt

                  If you woke up tomorrow and started saying “I disagree, the sky is not blue it is red.”

                  You are so dumb if you really think this comparison is accurate

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        Luckily then that in this case the invader looks weaker. Only thing they seem to be able to do is parrot ”but muh nukes” in all negotiations. If China would drop their support, Russia would be toast. It’s the only thing keeping this conflict alive.

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          Is china support to russian invasion that big compared to nato and the usa support to ukraine? I think ukraine will lose some territory temporarly. No military occupation is eternal

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            The crucial difference is that China does it covertly, and partly through its satellites like N-Korea. Western support is open, and frankly the right thing to do in the face of aggressive invasion.

            Eternal is a difficult term, but in Russia’s case they never cede anything except in the face of absolute catastrophe, like the soviet collapse was. For instance, Finland has not gotten any of the territories taken from it back, and will not unless Russia happens to dissolve into its states. And those areas are mostly turned into wasteland by now which will be the fate on Donbas too if they get it.