Territorial concessions without NATO membership: Reuters journalists concluded Trump’s plans for Ukraine

Any potential plans of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump regarding Ukraine are reduced to the formula “Territorial concessions without NATO Membership.

This conclusion was drawn by Reuters, analyzing the data available on this issue.

At the same time, Trump himself has not yet started working on a final peace plan, according to the agency, citing advisors to the U.S. president-elect.

The main working group on this issue has not yet convened. Members of the Republican’s team are discussing ideas regarding Ukraine among themselves or in private with Trump.

“In the end, as advisors stated, the peace agreement will most likely depend on the direct personal involvement of Trump, Putin, and Zelensky,” writes the agency.

One former member of the Trump administration, who is now part of the Republican’s team, told Reuters that there are three main initiatives: the proposal of future U.S. special representative for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, the plan of vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance, and the plan of Trump’s advisor Richard Grenell.

All of these exclude Ukraine’s NATO membership (which is demanded by Volodymyr Zelensky) and dismiss the idea of returning Ukrainian territories through military means, halting the fighting along the front lines.

Kellogg’s plan suggests freezing the war along the front line and “forcing” the sides into negotiations by regulating military aid to Kyiv and lifting sanctions on Russia.

Vance’s plan involves a demilitarized zone along the current front line, which would be “carefully fortified” to prevent further Russian incursions. His proposal also excludes Ukraine’s NATO membership, according to Reuters.

Richard Grenell, in turn, proposed creating “autonomous zones” in eastern Ukraine and opposed Ukraine’s NATO membership, stating that it “does not serve America’s interests.”

However, judging by Reuters’ report, none of these plans have been approved by Trump, and the process of detailed discussion has not even begun. According to the agency, the president-elect wants to first receive feedback from the key players—Zelensky and Putin—before presenting his own proposals, which may ultimately differ from the plans described above.

Meanwhile, another NATO country has voiced opposition to inviting Ukraine—Luxembourg.

This was stated by the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Xavier Bettel, as reported by the German magazine Der Spiegel.

“I believe that NATO membership would bring tension once again,” Bettel said during yesterday’s meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels.

He believes it would create a threat of immediate new conflicts arising.