US plans on suggesting Crimea recognition as part of Ukraine peace agreement
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The United States is expected to propose a peace agreement that would recognize Russia's sovereignty over Crimea and freeze the front lines in the Ukraine conflict, according to reports from the Washington Post. The proposal will be discussed during upcoming talks in London between Ukrainian and European officials this week, as US President Donald Trump pushes for a resolution. Trump's special envoy, Keith Kellogg, will meet with foreign ministers and security advisers from France, Germany, the UK, and Ukraine. However, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and envoy Steve Witkoff will not attend the meeting.
The United States is expected to propose a peace agreement that would recognize Russia's sovereignty over Crimea and freeze the front lines in the Ukraine conflict, according to reports from the Washington Post. The proposal will be discussed during upcoming talks in London between Ukrainian and European officials this week, as US President Donald Trump pushes for a resolution. Trump's special envoy, Keith Kellogg, will meet with foreign ministers and security advisers from France, Germany, the UK, and Ukraine. However, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and envoy Steve Witkoff will not attend the meeting.
Sources familiar with the situation revealed that the US is considering formally recognizing Crimea as Russian territory and potentially lifting sanctions against Moscow as part of a future peace agreement. One European official described the pressure on Ukraine as "astounding." European officials are expected to request security guarantees for Ukraine and funding for postwar reconstruction, which may be financed by frozen Russian assets.
Trump has warned that he could abandon the negotiations if no significant progress is made soon and stated that details of the US proposals will be made public in the next few days.
Steve Witkoff, who has held several rounds of talks with senior Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, is scheduled to visit Russia later this week. According to sources, it was Witkoff’s idea to propose the US recognizing Crimea as Russian without requiring Ukraine’s formal acknowledgment of the situation.
Crimea held a referendum in 2014 to join Russia after a Western-backed coup in Ukraine, but the Ukrainian government and its Western allies have refused to accept the vote’s legitimacy. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected any territorial concessions to Russia and continues to urge military support from the US and other nations—support that the Trump administration plans to end.
Moscow maintains that the status of Crimea, Sevastopol, and the four other Ukrainian regions that voted to join Russia in 2022 are non-negotiable. Russian officials stress that recognizing the "reality on the ground" is essential for achieving lasting peace.
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