The US is asking Ukraine to cede territory for security purposes, similar to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, and a decision must be made now, otherwise the conditions later will be less favorable. About the ultimatum it has become famous Political newspaper.
The publication emphasizes that such a proposal has become the strongest and clearest commitment to Kiev from the American side.
The document's authors note that Washington is trying to force Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to agree to these agreements as soon as possible. In addition, the United States wants Russia to accept such conditions and also agree to allow Ukraine to join the European Union.
Zelensky said there is no consensus on the territorial issue
One of the publication's sources also talked about the development of a proposal to divide control of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant between Russia and Ukraine. It assumes that the amount of electricity generated by the plant will be divided in half. After Zelensky's response, the United States will discuss the terms of the agreement with Moscow.
On December 14 and 15, meetings between Ukrainian and American delegations took place in Berlin. The head of the Ukrainian negotiating team, Rustem Umerov, expressed hope for quickly reaching agreements with the US.
Bloomberg writes that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, during negotiations, repeatedly refused to allow Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, to withdraw the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the territory of Donbass.
