Implementing the US "peace plan" in its present type may end in Russia receiving a territory virtually the dimensions of Luxembourg with out having to combat for it, based on calculations by the French worldwide information company AFP primarily based on knowledge from the Institute for the Research of Warfare (ISW).

Supply: AFP, as reported by European Pravda

Quote: "The US initiative, seen by AFP, requires the withdrawal of the Ukrainian military from territories it nonetheless controls, resulting in a web achieve of roughly 2,300 sq km (888 sq miles) for Moscow – virtually the identical space as Luxembourg (2,590 sq km)".

Particulars: Amongst different issues, Ukraine would cede practically 5,000 sq km in Donetsk Oblast and 45 sq km in Luhansk Oblast.

In change, Moscow would reportedly return virtually 2,000 sq km in Kharkiv Oblast, 450 in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, 300 in Sumy Oblast and 20 in Chernihiv Oblast.

Quote: "In the end, the plan proposed by Washington would successfully cede 20% of Ukraine's territory to get better lower than 0.5%."

Background:

• On 21 November, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Ukrainian individuals and stated Ukraine now faces a tough selection: it dangers shedding both its dignity or its key associate.
• US President Donald Trump has given Ukraine till 27 November to conform to the "peace plan" proposed by the US.

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