Trump Advisor Tells Zelensky To Get Over Crimea: It's Gone

Trump's people already telling the Ukrainians they'll have to give up territory permanently, and probably also abandon any plans to join the European Union or NATO, all for some illusory "peace" that will have Russia try to take 100% of Ukraine in the not-so-distant future. And they're doing so in the most condescending manner possible, with this one, saying President Zelensky is the unserious one.

Source:BBC

A former adviser to President-elect Donald Trump says the incoming administration will focus on achieving peace in Ukraine rather than enabling the country to gain back territory occupied by Russia.

Bryan Lanza, who worked on Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, told the BBC the incoming administration would ask Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for his version of a "realistic vision for peace".

"And if President Zelensky comes to the table and says, well we can only have peace if we have Crimea, he shows to us that he's not serious," he said. "Crimea is gone."

A spokesperson for Trump distanced the incoming president from the remarks, saying Mr Lanza "does not speak for him".

Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in 2014. Eight years later, it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and has occupied territory in the country's east.

The president-elect has consistently said his priority is to end the war and stem what he characterises as a drain on US resources, in the form of military aid to Ukraine.

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