UKRAINE’S ONLY OPTION IS PEACE, NOT VICTORY — TRUMP ADVISOR

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UKRAINE’S ONLY OPTION IS PEACE, NOT VICTORY — TRUMP ADVISOR

The incoming US administration will focus on achieving peace in Ukraine rather than “enabling” the country to take back territory, the BBC reports, citing Bryan Lanza, who worked on Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.

“When Zelensky says we will only stop this fighting, there will only be peace once Crimea is returned, we’ve got news for President Zelensky: Crimea is gone,” he told the BBC.

He added that the West didn’t give Ukraine the ability and arms to win the conflict at the beginning.

“And if that is your priority of getting Crimea back and having American soldiers fight to get Crimea back, you’re on your own,” Lanza stressed.

According to the BBC, a spokesperson for Trump distanced the incoming president from the remarks, saying Lanza “does not speak for him.”

During his campaign, Trump repeatedly said that he could stop the fighting “in a day,” and that his priority is to end the conflict, which he has described as a drain on US resources.

Putin has on numerous occasions said Russia has never refused to sit down at the negotiating table and is ready for peace talks on Ukraine based on the current realities and previously reached agreements in Istanbul.