Under this scenario Russia would have military and economic control of occupied Ukraine under its own governing body, imitating Israel’s de facto rule of Palestinian territory seized from Jordan in 1967.

Witkoff, who is also tasked by Trump with bringing peace to the Middle East, is understood to support the idea, which the Americans believe circumvents barriers in the Ukrainian constitution to ceding territory without holding an “all-Ukraine” referendum.

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    Go f&@k yourself! - Quote from Stephen Colbert & Jon Stewart

    The ONLY country that has a say in this is Ukraine. Back to the 2014 borders. Slava Ukraini!

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      They were the only ones with the say but they decided to go full “fund me” mode. Now, the debt collector is here.