Donald Trump’s decisions on the war in Ukraine are particularly eagerly awaited. During his campaign, the 47th President of the United States claimed to be able to put an end to the conflict in Ukraine in just one year. “24 hours”without giving any details. But even though the billionaire has not yet been invested, one of his former advisers has revealed the details of his plans. potential outlines of this peace plan.

Bryan Lanza, a Republican strategist who worked on Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, said the future administration’s priority would be to “will focus on bringing peace to Ukraine rather than allowing the country to reclaim territory occupied by Russia.”reveals BBC .

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And in particular that of Crimea. “If the President Zelensky comes to the negotiating table and says we can only have peace by keeping Crimea, he’s showing us he’s not serious.”he detailed in the interview, adding that “Crimea no longer exists”.. This territory in southern Ukraine had been annexed by Russia in 2014.

Ukraine considers its proposals “realistic

Bryan Lanza added that he had immense respect for the Ukrainian people, whose “the heart is made of lion”. But he maintained that the United States’ priority was “peace and an end to the massacres.”.

In response, Dmytro Lytvyn, adviser to the Ukrainian president, described Bryan Lanza’s comments as pressure for peace on Ukraine, when it is in fact the Ukrainian government that is pressing for peace. “Putin who wants more wars”. “Ukraine has been proposing peace since 2022, and its proposals are quite realistic. It’s Russia that needs to be made to understand that peace is necessary and that it must be reliable, so that there is simply no repetition of Russian strikes.”he claimed.

In order to downplay the comments of Bryan Lanza, a Trump spokesman who does not wish to reveal his identity, and interviewed by the BBCexplained that Bryan Lanza“was just a contractor on the campaign.”that“he doesn’t work for Trump or speak for him”.

Russian domination

According to the BBCTrump “should conduct peace negotiations with a small circle of aides”. “Anyone – regardless of rank in Trump’s circle – who claims to have a different point of view or a more detailed view of his plans on Ukraine, simply doesn’t know what they’re talking about.”a National Security Council adviser, who preferred to remain anonymous, huffed.

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In his many speeches, Trump has refused to rule out the possibility that Ukraine might have to cede land to Russia, and has been particularly vague when referring to the conflict, recalls the BBC. Some of the new president’s leading allies presented “peace proposals which, in practice, would result in long-term Russian domination over regions internationally recognized as Ukrainian territories”says the British media.

Earlier this week, Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by telephone, accompanied by billionaire Elon Musk. Vladirmir Putin, called his American counterpart to congratulate him on his election victory.