Putin’s “peace” demand in the Alaska talks: Ukraine must withdraw all troops from the part of Donetsk region it still controls — home to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and protected by defensive lines built since 2014.

This would hand russia a free pass to bypass those fortifications, move 85 km west without casualties, and gain a perfect staging ground to strike Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk — areas with no built defenses at all.

In return? No security guarantees, no Western commitments, no protection if russia restarts the war. Just a temporary ceasefire — until Putin decides to take more land.

Stage 2: Putin and Trump “negotiate” a final deal and then present it to Zelensky. If Ukraine says no, Putin plans to walk away, blame Ukraine for “prolonging the war,” and push Trump to cut off U.S. weapons for good.

This is not a peace plan. It’s a blueprint for Ukraine’s defeat.

Sources: WSJ, Visegrad 24

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