Trump Will Only Sign Security Guarantees With Ukraine After Zelensky Agree To Surrender Remaining Donetsk Territory and End the War With Russia: REPORT
Zelensky must surrender the Donetsk territory now, lest he be forced to surrender the whole country later.
By now, everyone knows Donald J. Trump’s opinion of Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, perfectly summarized in this recent post: Trump Reportedly Says Ukraine’s Zelensky, and Not Russia’s Putin, Is Holding up the Peace Deal: REUTERS.
The fundamentals on the ground are: Russia is winning, Ukraine is losing badly. Those who win make the demands, those who lose have to meet them.
In Anchorage, Alaska, the Russians made a concession while reaffirming a demand: while they are willing to ‘freeze’ the 1,000-mile frontline across all regions in the north and south, they still insist that Ukrainian troops withdraw their troops from remaining Donetsk region territory still held by them.
(Previously, Russian conditions demanded Kiev withdraw from Zaporozhie and Kherson regions, too.)
This demand has nothing absurd about it: the freedom of the Russian-speaking majorities in Donetsk and Luhansk was one of the top objectives of the war.
The calls for Zelensky to accept the peace conditions multiply.
🚨BREAKING:
🇮🇹 Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, Matteo Salvini:
"We heard Zelensky, who, after all the money, help and efforts has the audacity to complain."
"You are losing the war, you are losing people, you are losing authority and dignity. Sign for peace." pic.twitter.com/XaUB8E1P5d
— Based Hungary 🇭🇺 (@HungaryBased) January 26, 2026