"Territories and Security": Negotiation Maps

Behind the apparent stalemate in talks, European governments are working to offer Kiev maximum support in the negotiations. A new telephone conversation took place between the foreign ministers of the countries attending the Washington summit on August 18. Territories and security guarantees. These are the two themes around which the hypotheses for a post-war Ukraine are being built. Seven Ukrainian regions are partially or totally occupied by the Russians. Crimea, lost to Kiev in 2014, is not even mentioned, as if the Americans themselves considered it already lost. Donbass, the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk; a priority for Moscow because it is extremely rich in minerals—and Putin, in fact, wants it all for himself, despite his forces having occupied less than 80%. Of the regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, the Russians hold just over 70 percent, but Moscow's troops also occupy 1 percent of the Sumy region and 5 percent of Kharkiv. And this is what, according to some analysts, Putin went so far as to offer in exchange for all of Donbas, Crimea, and a freezing of the front line in Kherson and Zaporizhia. Given Putin what isn't Putin's, what security guarantees would there be for Ukraine? The Kremlin doesn't want Kiev in NATO and rejects any Alliance soldier in Ukraine, unless Chinese and Russian soldiers are also present. Trump assures: "We will never give another dollar to Ukraine." According to Trump, Kiev will only receive euros from the Old Continent. Money, at least 100 billion, which will then be passed on to Washington, which will supply the weapons. For a fee, then.