Bryan Lanza, senior Trump adviser, stated that the incoming administration would prioritize ending the conflict over helping Ukraine to restore its borders before 2014.
Bryan Lanza, senior Trump advisor, told BBC that US policy towards Ukraine will shift from territorial recovery toward achieving peace in this region.
Zelenskyy has, however, repeatedly stated that Ukraine will not cede any of its territory to Russia. This was reiterated by his recently presented “victory plans”. He considers such concessions to be unacceptable and a danger to Ukraine’s independence and sovereignty. This stance is rooted firmly in Ukraine’s desire to achieve a just peace rather than a temporary truce that could allow Russia regroup and continue their aggression.
BBC reports that according to Lanza, Donald Trump’s new administration will ask President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to present “a realistic vision for peace”.
The advisor made it clear that Crimea – annexed by Russia and occupied in 2014 – would not be included in negotiations. “Crimea has gone,” he said to the BBC World Service Weekend programme.
Bryan Lanza, senior Trump advisor, told BBC that US policy towards Ukraine will shift from territorial recovery toward achieving peace in this region.
This comes after Ukrainian President Zelenskyy presented his victory plan to the partners, which explicitly… pic.twitter.com/OD8HZ2ZD5V– Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) November 9, 2024
The Trump advisor stressed that if Ukraine insists upon regaining Crimea in order to achieve peace, “you are on your own.”
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