The US will enact a legal ban on recognizing Ukrainian territory as part of the Russian Federation and assert new sanctions. Senators-democrats Michael Bennet, Dick Durbin, and Jeff Merkley have introduced a bill aimed at officially prohibiting US recognition of the occupied Ukrainian regions as Russian territory. US Secret... #DonaldTrump #MarcoRubio #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #PeaceTalks #Rosatom #RussianCentralBank #SanctionsAgainstRussia
Russia has sacrificed the lives of 400,000 soldiers to capture 1% of Ukraine’s territory. The war against Ukraine costs Russia an enormously high price, resulting in its greatest military losses since World War II. Since the beginning of 2024, the Russians have managed to take control of o... #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #RussiansLosses #RussianTroops #WarinUkraine #WarLosses
Capturing all of Ukraine will take Russia 230 years and cost over 100 million lives. According to analysts, at the offensive’s current pace and rate of military losses, Russia will need around 230 years to gain control of the still unoccupied Ukrainian territories – nearly 490,0... #ChristopherCavoli #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #RussianArmy #RussianOffensive #WarinUkraine #WarLosses
Putin refuses to accept the US peace proposals and continues to insist on four Ukrainian regions, despite US pressure. Russian President Putin continues to insist that four Ukrainian regions be recognized as part of the Russian Federation in exchange for an end to hostilities. In particular, Putin is asserting claims ... #Crimea #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #PeaceAgreement #PeaceTalks #Putin #SteveWitkoff #WarinUkraine
Which Russian demands to end the war does the US oppose? The US will insist that Russia acknowledge Ukraine’s right to develop maintain an adequately equipped military and defense industry as part of any peace agreement, rejecting Russia’s insistence on a s... #CeasefirePlan #Crimea #DonaldTrump #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #PeacePlan #Putin #WarinUkraine #zaporizhzhiaNPP
Trump’s latest offer to Ukraine would require Kyiv to agree to Russian occupation. US President Donald Trump is preparing a “final offer” for Ukraine to end the war, which would require Kyiv to give up the territories that are currently occupied by Russia. Ukraine consid... #Crimea #DonaldTrump #NATO #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #PeaceAgreement #PeacekeepingMission #SecurityGuaranteesForUkraine #zaporizhzhiaNPP
Trump has proposed a “peace plan” that includes transferring Crimea to Russia. According to the WSJ and Bloomberg, the plan entails a ceasefire along the current front line (freezing the war), preventing Ukraine’s accession to NATO, and formally recognizing Crimea as Russi... #Crimea #DonaldTrump #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #PeacePlan #PeaceTalks #SanctionsAgainstRussia #WarinUkraine #zaporizhzhiaNPP
Witkoff shares insights from his discussions with Putin: The fate of five Ukrainian territories is on the table. US Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff characterized his talks with Russian leader Putin on April 11, as “compelling.” Witkoff stated that they explored steps that could bring ... #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #Putin #SteveWitkoff #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Witkoff suggests that Trump acknowledge Russia’s control over four regions of Ukraine. US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff urged the White House to support a plan that would effectively recognize Russia’s authority over four Ukrainian regions – Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson... #DeterrenceForce #KeithKellogg #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #SteveWitkoff #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine
How to find a compromise? How does the US perceive the territorial issue in the context of ending the Russo-Ukrainian war? According to Keith Kellogg, the US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for Ukraine, Russia will not relinquish the territories it has already occupied. However, these territories are not lega... #KeithKellogg #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #PeaceTalks #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine
Putin intends to prolong the current peace talks to acquire more Ukrainian territory. The Kremlin is deliberately extending peace discussions to acquire additional territory and bolster its position in dealings with the US, sources familiar with Russian leadership’s thought proce... #CeasefirePlan #Kremlin #MinskAgreements #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #PeaceTalks #Putin #RussianAggression
Witkoff: The status of the occupied territories is the primary issue in resolving the war in Ukraine. The US President’s Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steven Witkoff, referred to Ukraine’s occupied territories as Russian-speaking regions and proposed conducting a so-called referendum. ... #Article5 #ElectionsUkraine #NATO #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #SteveWitkoff #Zelenskyy
Waltz expects Ukraine to trade its occupied territories for security guarantees, and Zelenskyy promptly responds. In coming peace talks, Ukraine will need to temporarily cede territories currently occupied by Russia in order to receive security guarantees that Russia will comply with, according to US National Sec... #Kremlin #MikeWaltz #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #PeacePlan #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Trump promises to reclaim as much of Ukraine’s Russian-occupied territory as possible as part of a negotiated peace agreement, but NATO membership is off the table. US President Donald Trump stated that during the negotiations to end the Russian-Ukrainian war the US will aim to restore as many of the Russian-occupied territories to Ukraine’s possession as p... #DonaldTrump #NATO #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #PeaceTalks #Putin #SecurityGuaranteesForUkraine #WarinUkraine
The US has not ruled out the Russian mineral extraction proposal from Ukraine’s occupied territories. The Russian Federation has offered the US access to rare earth metals and other resources in the temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine, particularly in parts of the Donetsk and Zaporizhia regions. Acc... #CriticalMetals #DonaldTrump #MineralMining #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #PeaceTalks #Putin
Trump: Ukraine reclaiming a portion of its occupied territory is on the table during the current US-Russia negotiations. US President Donald Trump stated on February 24 that he considers it realistic for Ukraine to reclaim some of its territories that are currently occupied by Russia, although it will be challenging. He... #DonaldTrump #EmmanuelMacron #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #PeaceTalks #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Almost half of Ukraine’s mineral deposits are occupied or already owned. As of January 2025, Ukraine’s mineral and other resource deposits that are under occupation have a combined value that reaches 48% of all Ukrainian resources. According to expert estimates made ... #MineralDepositsUkraine #MineralMining #MiningIndustry #NEQSOL #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #UMCC
Can Ukraine use the Kursk region to bargain for its occupied territory? Zelenskyy says Trump has no plan to end the war. The Telegraph believes that US President Donald Trump’s statements concerning his intention to take control of the Gaza Strip may indicate that to end the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin will hav... #CriticalMetals #DonaldTrump #Kursk #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #PeacePlan #Putin #WarEnding #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The occupied territories hold minerals that are worth trillions; Ukraine will not give these resources away but will allow its allies to earn profit on reconstruction. The value of Ukrainian minerals in the Russian-occupied territories is estimated at trillions of dollars, which means that sanctions that lead to Russian financial losses of $10-20B in specific sector... #CriticalMetals #investments #MineralMining #MiningIndustry #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #SanctionsAgainstRussia #UkraineReconstruction #Zelenskyy
Most Ukrainians are not ready for any territorial concessions to achieve peace. This position is held by 85% of respondents, according to a study by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology. Correspondingly, only 8% believe that achieving peace and preserving independence ne... #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SociologicalSurvey #WarinUkraine
The EU will not recognize foreign passports issued in the occupied territories of Ukraine. On October 12, EU ambassadors agreed on a mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament regarding the decision not to recognize Russian foreign passports issued in the temporarily occupied ter... #OccupiedTerritoriesOfUkraine #RussianPassports
