Trump's headquarters denies intentions to pressure Kyiv to hand over occupied Donbas and Crimea to Moscow
Earlier, WP reported that Trump wants to force the Ukrainian authorities to give Crimea and Donbas to Russia
The campaign headquarters of former US President Donald Trump denies the politician's plans to force Ukraine to cede Crimea and Donbas to Russia if he returns to the White House, as previously reported by The Washington Post.
Trump's campaign adviser Jason Miller called this information "fake news from The Washington Post".
"They just made it up," he said in an interview with the New York Post published on 7 April.
He also said that Trump is "the only one who is talking about stopping the killing" in Ukraine. In addition, Miller noted that Trump would not work on a "peace plan" to end the war in Ukraine until he could return to the presidency.
On the same day, The Washington Post, citing sources familiar with Trump's plans, wrote about the former US president's intention to end the war in Ukraine by forcing the Ukrainian authorities to make territorial concessions to Russia.
According to the newspaper's interlocutors, who discussed this issue with the former White House chief of staff or his advisers, the proposal is to put pressure on Kyiv to cede Crimea and Donbas to Russia.
Privately, Trump has said that both Russia and Ukraine "want to save face, want a way out" of the situation, and that residents of some parts of Ukraine would not mind being part of Russia, a source who spoke directly to Trump told the newspaper.
Some of Trump's supporters have tried to persuade him to abandon this approach, as recognising Russia's control over part of Ukraine would expand the sphere of influence of the Putin regime, WP writes.
In addition, this approach is at odds with the policy of current US President Joe Biden, who emphasises military support for Ukraine and resistance to Russian aggression, the newspaper notes.
Trump has previously repeatedly claimed that if elected, he would be able to conclude a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine "within 24 hours", even before taking office. However, he has refused to publicly say how he intends to do so.
The Ukrainian authorities have ruled out territorial concessions to Russia and have offered the former White House chief a visit to the country, including a trip to the frontline. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he would have 24 minutes to convince Trump that the problem could not be solved in 24 hours. He advised the former US president to "think first and speak later".
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