Trump's plan is once again thwarted; How can the war between Russia and Ukraine end?

This week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made statements indicating that there has been little alteration in The US’ fundamental stance regarding the resolution of the conflict since it proposed a 28-point plan that heavily favours Russia.

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This week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made statements indicating that there has been little alteration in The US' fundamental stance regarding the resolution of the conflict since it proposed a 28-point plan that heavily favours Russia. Zelenskyy remarked that the US continues to urge Ukraine to surrender territory to Russia as part of a settlement to conclude the war that started in February 2022. He further claimed that Trump desires only Ukraine, not Russia, to withdraw its forces from certain areas of the eastern Donetsk region, where a demilitarized 'free economic zone' would be established as a buffer between the two military forces. On the other hand, a spokesperson for Donald Trump expressed this week that Trump is 'extremely frustrated' with both Russia and Ukraine in light of the recent accusations made by Zelenskyy against Trump and his intentions.

The Ukrainian president also expressed his disagreements on two key points: the territories of Donetsk and everything related to them, and the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (in South). Zelenskyy also pushed back against the idea of a unilateral Ukrainian withdrawal in the Donetsk region. The latest US plan proposed by Trump directs that Russia would also stay where it is in the south of the country, but pull some of its troops out of Ukrainian regions that Russian President Vladimir Putin has not claimed to have annexed in the North. Ukraine has been revising the original US proposal and this week sent a 20-point counter-proposal to the office of Trump, the full details of which have not been published.