{"id":2107,"date":"2025-04-12T12:53:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T12:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=2107"},"modified":"2025-04-15T23:05:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T23:05:34","slug":"trump-envoy-suggests-ukraine-could-be-carved-up-like-berlin-after-world-war-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/trump-envoy-suggests-ukraine-could-be-carved-up-like-berlin-after-world-war-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump envoy suggests Ukraine could be carved up \u2018like Berlin after World War II\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A soldier walks through the city of Pokrovsk which is now almost on the front line on April 8, 2025 (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ukraine could be divided \u2018almost like Berlin<\/a> after World War <\/a>II\u2019 as part of a deal to end Russia<\/a>\u2019s full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n

This is what Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s envoy to Ukraine has floated as a diplomatic solution<\/a>, even though it resembles a history lesson from the Cold War.<\/p>\n

As Vladimir Putin continues to hold out on accepting a truce, Keith Kellogg suggested that British and French soldiers could adopt zones of control in the west of the country as part of a \u2018reassurance force\u2019.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s army will occupy the east, and between them would be Ukrainian forces and a demilitarised zone.<\/p>\n

Kellogg told the Times<\/a> Ukraine was a big enough country to accommodate several armies seeking to enforce a\u00a0ceasefire.<\/p>\n

\u2018You could almost make it look like what happened with Berlin after World War Two, when you had a Russian zone, a French zone, and a British zone, a US zone,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

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A map showing the proposed division of Ukraine (Picture: Metro)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The US official later clarifying on X that the US would not be providing any troops and added that the force would therefore \u2018not be provocative at all\u2019 to Russia.<\/p>\n

To make sure that British, French, Ukrainian and other allied forces do not exchange fire with Russian soldiers,\u00a0Kellogg said a buffer zone would be needed.<\/p>\n

\u2018You look at a map and you create, for lack of a better term, a demilitarised zone (DMZ),\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

\u2018You have a\u2026 DMZ that you can monitor, and you\u2019ve got this\u2026 no-fire zone,\u2019 said\u00a0Kellogg.<\/p>\n

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Smoke rises in the sky over Kyiv amid recent attacks (Picture: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But he added: \u2018Now, are there going to be violations? Probably, because there always are. But your ability to monitor that is easy.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Berlin analogy refers to the post-WWII arrangement where the German capital was carved into sectors controlled by the Allies and the Soviets.<\/p>\n

It eventually led to the creation of East and West Berlin \u2013 divided by a wall and guarded by checkpoints until the fall in 1989. <\/p>\n

Suggesting a similar fate for Ukraine raises questions about how the US views the future of its sovereignty.<\/p>\n

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Ukraine\u2019s president Volodymyr Zelensky (L) greets US envoy Keith Kellogg (Picture: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Critics also argue such a plan would hardly be a blueprint for any lasting peace in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Kellogg\u2019s comments were met with a stern backlash and he had to clarify his proposal later on X.<\/p>\n

He said: \u2018I was speaking of a post-ceasefire resiliency force in support of Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty. In discussions of partitioning, I was referencing areas or zones of responsibility for an allied force (without US troops). I was NOT referring to a partitioning of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Britain and France are spearheading talks among a 30-nation \u2018coalition of the willing\u2019 on potentially deploying forces to Ukraine.<\/p>\n

But the UK ministry of defence described such reports to Metro<\/strong> as \u2018pure speculation\u2019.<\/p>\n

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

For more stories like this, <\/strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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