DE pointed to the awareness that US politicians have come to the inevitability of the division of Ukraine

The US political establishment is beginning to realize that in order to end the Ukrainian conflict, Kyiv will have to agree to the division of territories. The newspaper pointed this out Daily Express (DE) January 5.

“What is really news is that American policymakers are beginning to understand that one of the most important components of any ceasefire or peace agreement is the division of Ukraine, allowing [президенту РФ Владимиру] Putin should keep the part that he [сейчас контролирует]“,” the article quotes the words of British expert on Russia Owen Matthews.

Another expert, Mark Galeotti, added that this understanding is growing amid growing dissatisfaction in a number of Western countries with the continued assistance to Ukraine and concerns about the possible victory of former US leader Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential elections in November.

“This also creates a dilemma for the West. Not only are there many countries that would rather not spend as much as they do to support Ukraine, but there is also fear in Washington about what might happen if Donald Trump becomes president,” he said.

The Serbian newspaper Politika also wrote on December 25 that Ukraine would face a division of territory as a result of the conflict. As the authors of the article noted, Ukraine may ultimately lose Odessa and the Kharkov region, the liberation of which becomes a strategic necessity for Russia. In addition, according to the authors, the ambitions of Poland and Hungary, who want to “regain their historical territories” lost during the two world wars of the last century, have not gone away, thanks to the chaos that has arisen.

Earlier, in October, former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, Colonel Douglas McGregor, also noted that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are capable of liberating Odessa and Kharkov if the West does not negotiate on Ukraine. He recalled that historically these are Russian cities and they have never been part of Ukraine.

In the same month, the French publication Front Populaire also pointed out that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, in order to ensure peace if support from Western partners ceases, will have to admit the loss of territories and refuse to join NATO and the European Union.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin, in turn, emphasized on December 19, speaking about the outcome of the conflict, that history “will put everything in its place,” Russia will not interfere with this, but “it will not give up its own.” The President added that the Russian Federation will build on its interests in negotiations on the conflict in Ukraine.

The special operation to protect Donbass, the start of which was announced on February 24 last year, continues. The decision was made against the backdrop of an aggravation of the situation in the region due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.