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Source: Why Ukraine is in an impossible spot with the White House peace deal
President Donald Trump is ordering Volodymyr Zelensky to do what he simply can’t do, judging from the reported terms of the latest Ukraine war “peace” deal the White House has put on the table.
The plan, for starters, would force Ukraine to recognize Russian sovereignty over Crimea, which Moscow annexed more than a decade ago.
Zelensky has doggedly refused to do that.
No wonder talks ended Wednesday with no progress.
After all, that would be a massive strategic loss for his nation — and for Europe and the United States, too, as it would create a beachhead for greater Russian aggression.
What’s more, Zelensky doesn’t even have the power to do agree to such a concession, as it would violate Ukraine’s constitution.
Trump is also demanding the Ukrainian leader sign off on a lock-in of the front lines, effectively ceding control of occupied areas in Luhansk, Donetsk and elsewhere to Russia, and that he give up on any plans to join NATO, in exchange for “robust security guarantees.”
(Never mind that the guarantees Ukrainians got in 1994 for giving up nuclear weapons didn’t seem to do them much good.)
Bottom line: Trump is asking Zelensky to make massive national-security concessions while abandoning hopes of a more realistic treaty and concrete security that might make such concessions strategically tenable — and allow him to try and sell the Ukrainian people on the bargain.
By contrast, Russia is asked to give up little: It would have to withdraw from Kharkiv and allow free travel on the Dnieper River.
At the same time, Team Trump is threatening to wash its hands of the matter entirely if this deal fails to get done — and the president himself took Zelensky to task on social media for his stance.
It’s impossible for America to shrug its shoulders and let this conflict play out on its own and still remain unaffected by the outcome.
Trump can’t simply blame the war on Joe Biden and wash his hands of responsibility for what happens on his watch.
Ironically, that’s what Biden tried to do with his botched Afghanistan bugout: Blame Trump for it, since he’d set a path toward pulling out US troops during his first term.
