Die Ukraine erwägt einen Truppenabzug

**From The Telegraph:**

Ukraine could withdraw its troops from its eastern Donbas regions under a peace deal being considered ahead of talks with US officials.

The compromise would result in Kyiv’s armed forces being pulled back from Donetsk and Luhansk to form a demilitarised zone, as long as Russia agreed to a “reciprocal” retreat.

Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Donald Trump was pushing for the creation of a “free economic zone” between Ukrainian and Russian forces in the mineral-rich province of Donetsk.

“They see Ukrainian forces leaving the territory of Donetsk region, and the supposed compromise is that Russian forces do not enter this territory … which they already call a ‘free economic zone’,” the Ukrainian president told reporters in Kyiv.

Russia would not be required to mirror the withdrawal, or leave the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, under the US plan, Mr Zelensky added.

The Ukrainian president has argued that he does not have the powers to cede territory to Russia, and nor would he go against the will of his people to do so.

But he has instructed his negotiators to work constructively with the US proposals rather than reject them out of hand.

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