(Olena Borodina, by ODI Global)
London, August 17 (The Conversation) A few hours before meeting Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska, US President Donald Trump said that he wants to see a ceasefire in Ukraine and if it is not agreed today, he would “be happy”.
It seems that US President has returned from Alaska without any agreement.
“We did not reach there”, Trump told reporters, and later vaguely stated that he and Putin have “made a lot of progress”.
The suggestion of Trump’s interaction with Putin in the upcoming weeks and months is likely to be reconsidered and the Russian leader has said that his next meeting may be held in Moscow.
In an interview with ‘Fox News’ after the summit, when Trump was asked how the war in Ukraine can end and whether the land would be exchange, Trump said: “These are the points we agree to a great extent”.
Getting regional concessions from Ukraine has been one of Moscow’s re -conditions for any dialogue on a long -standing peace agreement.
Putin is probably betting that it will be beneficial for him to emphasize these concessions while maintaining military pressure on Ukraine.
There is increasing restlessness in the public about the war in Ukraine and Putin will be hoping that the tired people will eventually consider the agreement acceptable and attractive.
Russia started new attacks on Ukrainian cities overnight, including over 300 drones and 30 missiles.
Ukraine President Volodimir Jailonsky, who was excluded from the Alaska Summit, has said that Kiev would not agree on regional concessions.
Such a step will be illegal under the Constitution of Ukraine, which requires a nationwide referendum to approve the change in the regional boundaries of the country.
The belief behind the land agreement in exchange for the ceasefire is that it will increase Ukrainian and European security. Trump considers it the first step towards bringing Putin to the conversation table and opening opportunities for a comprehensive peace agreement. In fact, such an agreement will not help in reducing long -term Russian threats.
There is no need to do so to weaken the continent or not, whether Russia makes a direct military attack on the European NATO member country.
For Ukraine, the risk of such an agreement is clear. Under this agreement, Russia can prevent a large -scale war in Ukraine, but it will almost certainly continue to destabilize the country from inside.
Permanent regional concessions will make it even more difficult to deal with these risks. Such an agreement is likely to divide public opinion in Ukraine, and people involved in war efforts will ask: “After all we are fighting for?”
The land agreement in exchange for the ceasefire will be a useless deal. This will definitely cause more complex problems for Ukraine, Europe and the West. It would be better for Trump to avoid bounding Ukraine for such a compromise in further conversation with Putin in the coming months.
(The Conversation)
Devendra Netrapal
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