Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has agreed to demilitarize the roughly 30% of the Donbas still occupied by Kyiv, making it an “economic zone” to advance President Trump’s peace plan.
Kyiv would agree to make the area a “free economic zone,” representing a major concession by Zelensky, who has refused to give up any Ukrainian land to the Russians.
Russia has been demanding that Ukraine cede the entirety of the Donbas to Moscow — as the White House continues to believe the Kremlin still wants to take the entire country.
It comes as a result of special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s shuttle diplomacy over the past month, undertaking hours of negotiations with both the Ukrainian and Russian sides.
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