Ukraine could be partitioned like Berlin after second world war, says US envoy Kellogg

The Guardian writes: “Ukraine could be partitioned like Berlin after the second world war, Donald Trump’s envoy to Kyiv has suggested, as Russia continues to hold out on accepting a truce. Gen Keith Kellogg appeared to suggest the country could be split into zones of control, with British and French troops as part of a “reassurance force” in the west and Moscow’s forces in the east. Between them would be Ukrainian forces and a demilitarised zone but the US would not provide any ground forces, he claimed. “You could almost make it look like what happened with Berlin after world war two, when you had a Russian zone, a French zone and a British zone,” he told the Times newspaper. Kyiv is yet to comment on the remarks.”

Of course, Kiev will not accept this. A Berlin Concept for Ukraine will mean the end of the state’s sovereignty, Ukraine will not further exist.

And Russia? Probably Russia will demand the same as what it has been demanding so far. No NATO, no Nazis and all claimed territories. And reasonably, Russia will want to avoid any risk of a direct military confrontation with the West in Ukraine. At the end it is also a question where the partition lines will be drawn and who pays the exorbitant amounts needed for Ukraine. Listening to Kellogg, one may understand that Europe will have to pay.