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Tymofiy Mylovanov

@Mylovanov

Aug 10 • 10 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X

Bild lays out the “true” Putin-Trump’s deal for Ukraine. And it is horrible.

Bild: Witkoff misunderstood Putin's offer for a “peaceful withdrawal” from Ukraine in exchange for giving up Donetsk. Instead, Ukraine must withdraw from every region Russia occupies. 1/

Bild: Putin did not deviate from his maximum demand to completely control the five Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Crimea. 2/

Putin proposed only “sectoral ceasefires” — such as the mutual renunciation of attacks on energy plants or larger cities behind the front line. 3/

The US proposed lifting most of the sanctions against Russia and concluding new economic agreements in return for the full ceasefire.

Putin said that “in no way” does he want to halt Russia's major offensives along the front — implying that he rejected Witkoff's proposal. 4/

Witkoff saw Russia's demand for a “peaceful withdrawal” of the Ukrainians from Kherson and Zaporizhzhya as an offer of a “peaceful withdrawal” of Russians from these regions during his talks with Putin. 5/

A Ukrainian government official told Bild: Witkoff doesn't know what he's talking about. This assessment is also shared by German government representatives. 6/

During a telephone call on Aug. 7 between officials from the US government, including the special envoy Witkoff, Secretary of State Rubio, VP JD Vance, and the European partners, the American side was perceived as chaotic and disunited. 7/

This was primarily due to Witkoff, whose remarks about his conversation with Putin on Wednesday in the Kremlin were perceived as confusing.

He appeared overwhelmed and incompetent to the Europeans when he spoke about territorial issues in Ukraine. 8/

There was also disagreement between Witkoff and Rubio about how to proceed.

Rubio emphasized that the Europeans should be involved in the further process, but Vance and Witkoff only wanted to inform Europe of the results of the further Trump steps. 9X

Source: bild.de/politik/auslan…

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