Document for Russian leaders outlines plan to delay Ukraine struggle by creating Trump tensions, report says | EUROtoday

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A doc ready for the Kremlin by a Moscow-based suppose tank states that “a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine war cannot happen before 2026,” in keeping with The Washington Post.

The doc, drawn up in February, outlines the Russian plan to weaken the U.S. place on the Ukraine disaster by boosting tensions between the Trump White House and different nations as Russia strikes forward with its plans to select aside the nation.

The doc, obtained by a European intelligence company and reviewed by The Postargues that the present Ukrainian authorities must be totally dismantled. “The current Kyiv regime cannot be changed from inside the country. Its complete dismantling is needed,” the report states.

The suppose tank behind the doc has shut connections to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), which is in command of Russian operations within the war-torn nation, and pushes excessive calls for for a peace deal, stating that President Donald Trump’s plan to succeed in a peace settlement inside 100 days is “impossible.”

The plan additionally rejects any notion that peacekeepers be allowed in Ukraine, as a number of European leaders have recommended. In addition, the doc insists on recognition of Russian sovereignty over the territory it has seized in Ukraine.

The doc requires a buffer zone in northeast Ukraine on the border with the Russian areas of Bryansk and Belgorod, along with a demilitarized zone in southern Ukraine near Crimea, the peninsula illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.

Following talks in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine has endorsed a proposal from the U.S. for a 30-day ceasefire.

But analysts informed The Post that Russia nonetheless has methods it could actually delay the combating, and that the trail to a peace deal stays fraught with problem.

Council on Foreign Relations fellow Thomas Graham, who was senior Russia director on the National Security Council throughout George W. Bush’s administration, stated Russia is “not interested in an early resolution of the Ukraine crisis.”

He famous: “They consistently talk about the root causes, which … are about the domestic politics in Ukraine, and even more important than that, the European security architecture, which would be the role of NATO. A simple ceasefire which doesn’t take that into account is of no interest to Russia. And Trump doesn’t appear to understand.”

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov informed the newspaper that the Russian authorities “was not aware of such recommendations” outlined within the doc.

He stated they had been “extremely contradictory,” and added: “We are working with more-considered options.”

The doc was put collectively forward of talks on February 18 between Russia and the U.S. in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

A Russian tutorial with connections to high Russian diplomats informed The Post that the suggestions within the doc are an amalgamation of the consensus within the Russian capital. He famous that it’s unclear how a lot the Kremlin takes into consideration paperwork ready for it.

The doc states that with out official recognition of the territories seized by Russia, it’s probably that the combating would start once more — “for example after the next change of administration in the U.S.”