Chatting with Al Jazeera from Odesa, Ukraine, Michael Bociurkiw, a non-resident fellow on the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Middle, stated that Zelenskyy might have made a strategic mistake in straight responding to Trump’s criticisms.
Nonetheless, he added, the US-Ukraine rift is barely peripheral to the shuttle diplomacy occurring between the US and Russia.
“Right here in Ukraine, it does look increasingly more that Ukraine should quit territory. How a lot? I’m not fairly certain, however we will safely assume that Crimea is gone, in addition to Luhansk and Donetsk, which the Russians largely occupy,” he stated, referring to the territories seized by Russia in 2014.
Final week, US Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth stated Ukraine should settle for it is not going to regain these annexed territories, marking a serious shift in Washington’s stance.
“My concern proper now could be, with no strong pink traces being enforced by the People, the Russians will do as they’ve been doing previously two nights, pounding Ukrainian cities and attempting to get extra territory to type of exploit this void,” Bociurkiw added.
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