US Plan For Ukraine Peace Deal Revealed

The details of the U.S. proposal for Russia and Ukraine have been revealed by Axios. We generally don’t consider Axios to be a reliable source at The Right-Wing Populist, so this report should be taken with a grain of salt.

According to the report, the deal would work like this:

• Russia will receive de jure U.S. recognition of its control over Crimea and de facto recognition of its control over the captured territories in Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts.
• Ukraine will not join NATO; however, it may join the European Union.
• All post-2014 sanctions on Russia will be lifted.
• The U.S. will enhance economic cooperation with Russia, particularly in the energy and industrial sectors.
• Ukraine will obtain a “robust security guarantee” with European countries and “like-minded” non-European countries. U.S. participation is not mentioned.
• Russia will return the small parts of Kharkiv Oblast that it currently holds in the Vovchansk, Lyptsi, Kupyansk, and Borova directions.
• Ukraine will gain unimpeded passage through the Dnipro River.
• Ukraine will receive compensation and assistance for rebuilding. The source of this funding is unknown.
• The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant will be considered Ukrainian territory but operated by the U.S. It will supply electricity to both Ukraine and Russia.

If this reporting is accurate, it appears to be a relatively solid deal for peace in the region. Critics of the Trump administration will likely argue that this is caving to Russia, but those same voices have been consistently wrong about the war and are not worth listening to. If Russia and Ukraine ultimately reject the deal, the Trump administration is expected to pull funding from Ukraine, as The Right-Wing Populist discussed yesterday.

Trump ran on ending the war, even claiming he would get it done on day one. Obviously, he was being hyperbolic when he said it, but he needs to keep the key campaign promise to end the war. If he does enable the end of the war, that would likely lead to his approval rating in popularity increasing, even with the volatility of the tariffs impact on the market still in effect.