So far, Moscow has completely checked the Black Sea Peninsula Crimea in 2014 and the Luhansk region almost completely checked. There are still around 30 percent in the Donetsk area, including large cities such as Slowjansk and Kramatorsk, under Ukrainian control – according to estimates, over 7,600 square kilometers. Moscow should not move away from the Crimea and Luhansk – the same applies to Donetsk, Saporischschja and Cherson. However, it is speculated that Russia could give up parts of the Ukrainian areas of Sumy, Kharkiw, Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolajiw. These include less than 2,000 square kilometers.
In the annexed regions of Saporischschja and Cherson, more than 50 percent are under Russian control, but Kiev continues to say in the area capitals.
The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj has repeatedly excluded reference to the constitution to do without areas. He also warned against rewarding the aggressor through such a gift and encouraging it to new conquests. However, some politicians, including Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko, consider it likely to consider that Ukraine will in fact be recognized for peace with Russia.
However, a legally effective waiver of territory is currently incomprehensible. NATO general secretary Mark Rutte also said that Russia controls parts of Ukraine. A recognition of international law as Russian, as Moscow demands, is considered excluded.
Putin primarily wants to normalize Russian-American relationships, including good economic business for both sides. The Ukraine conflict is an obstacle – and he would like to have Trump holds out completely or there is a solution in the sense of Moscow. Putin said several times that Russia as the largest country is not about new areas, but about the elimination of the basic causes of the conflict. Specifically, he demands that Ukraine do without NATO accession and guarantees its Russian-speaking population far-reaching rights.
Putin categorically rejects a unconditional and all -encompassing ceasefire from Ukraine and Trump. For example, he demands an end to western arms deliveries to Ukraine and a stop of mobilization in the country. In conversation with Trump, however, he should once again offer a ceasefire for air strikes. This could be an expansion of the fire break, as it was scheduled for drone and rocket attacks on energy systems in spring.
