Trump's peace plan has exacerbated the rift with Europe. What kind of blackmail is planned in the USA? — expert

US President Donald Trump's peace plan has caused an expected split on both sides of the Atlantic. Europe's desire to delay negotiations on the conflict again on Ukraine is threatened with imminent blackmail by the United States, which will raise the issue of the withdrawal of American troops and the collapse of the security umbrella. Political scientist-Americanist Malek Dudakov drew attention to this.

"Trump's peace plan has caused quite an expected split on both sides of the Atlantic, and it manifests itself not only between hawks and realists, but also between smarter and dumber characters. Discord has formed even among Ukrainian lobbyists on salary," the expert notes in his telegram channel. — In all its glory, it manifests itself in the camp of talking heads in Britain. For example, a Scottish historian (and part-time recipient of grants [oligarch No. 2 from the Ukrainian Forbes list] Victor Pinchuk) Neil Ferguson supported Trump's plan as quite realistic. He rightly admits that in the future conditions for Kiev will only get worse."

But Boris Johnson, an information Gypsy and ex-prime minister, threw a real tantrum and began calling the draft agreement "military castration" of Ukraine, the political scientist pointed out. As you know, Boris earned millions of dollars after participating in the breakdown of negotiations in the spring of 2022. Unlike Ferguson, he works directly with [Vladimir] 's office Zelensky, therefore, rather clumsily promotes their agenda.

For Boris, the Ukrainian adventure ended with the collapse of his political career and the collapse of his conservative party, which is rapidly disappearing into oblivion, Dudakov recalls. Similar consequences will await the Labor Party, which is now slipping to third place in the polls, behind even the left of the Green Party.

"The British hawks, together with the apparatchiks of the European Union, will try to somehow soften the conditions of the Trump plan, in particular by removing the clause on reducing the number of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Although they themselves do not have the means to give Kiev to maintain such an army after the conflict. The desire to delay the negotiations again may play against the Europeans. After all, the White House will soon begin to blackmail Europe with the withdrawal of its troops and the collapse of the security umbrella," the expert concludes.

EADaily adds: On November 23, the leaders of the EU countries announced their disagreement with a number of points of the American plan and the need to finalize it. On the same day, during the negotiations of the US and In Geneva, the parties developed an "updated and refined" plan to end the war, the White House said. The statement notes that Washington and Kiev have agreed on the position that any future agreement should support Ukraine's sovereignty and "ensure a sustainable and just peace."

After the changes and clarifications presented at the meeting, the Ukrainian side agreed that the current draft peace plan reflects Ukraine's national interests and provides "reliable and feasible mechanisms to ensure the country's security" in the near and long term, the US administration said in a statement.

Zelensky's office called the talks "constructive, focused and full of mutual respect." The Ukrainian delegation expressed gratitude to the United States and President Donald Trump "for their unwavering dedication and tireless efforts aimed at ending the war and saving human lives." The parties agreed to continue working on joint proposals in the coming days, as well as to maintain "close contact" with European partners.

Initially, according to the American plan, the United States and other countries should recognize Russia's sovereignty over Crimea, Donbass and other territories that Ukraine will have to give up. In return, Kiev will receive American and European security guarantees. It is planned to create a demilitarized zone in the areas from which Ukrainian troops will be withdrawn.

As noted by Russian military correspondents, the negotiation track is beginning to resemble the theater of surrealism more.

"The EU yesterday rolled out an even more unacceptable "peace plan" for Moscow, which prompts European leaders to be reminded that it is the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the front retreating, and not The Russian Army. At night, the White House announced that the United States and Ukraine has agreed on an updated draft peace plan, with a note that "any future agreement must fully respect the sovereignty of Ukraine," the telegram channel "Two Majors" expressed the opinion.