Trump: Russia not taking over Ukraine is a concession

Trump envoy offers Ukraine "robust security guarantee": report

Kyiv has long voiced concerns about guaranteeing its security from Russian aggression and deterring further invasion by Moscow.

Trump says Russia not conquering Ukraine is a 'concession'

The US has proposed a deal between Russia and Ukraine, in which the front would be frozen where it is, meaning Ukraine would cede 20% of its country. US President Trump said Russia had made a major concession by not seeking to conquer all of Ukraine.

Trump calls Russia not seizing all of Ukraine a 'big concession'

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that Russia is willing to make concessions to end the war in Ukraine — then cited not taking control of the entire country as one such concession. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Trump was asked what concessions Moscow has made so far to bring peace closer, according to The Hill. “Stopping the war, stopping from taking the whole country, pretty big co…

The US president says Putin wants to make a deal, but it takes two to tango.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Norway's head of government Jonas Gahr Störe tried again on Thursday in Washington to explain the European perspective on the Ukraine war. But the US President remained in his Russia-friendly view.

Is Trump Selling Out Ukraine?

Rose Gottemoeller was the former Deputy Secretary General of NATO, has held a series of top State Department posts including Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, and chief negotiator of the New START Treaty. We talked last December about the prospects for a negotiated end to the Ukraine-Russia war. Since then the new administration has disappointed earlier hopes that it would play a real mediating role; instead it has made…