“Russia is showing that it plans to fight throughout 2025,
and is doing everything to keep the possibility of waging war for several
years,” he wrote on Telegram.
Kovalenko pointed out that this is also evidenced by Russia’s
plans to spend one-third of its budget on the war and propaganda.
The head of the CCD reminded that at the end of November,
Russian Defense Minister Andrii Belyusov arrived in North Korea. Kovalenko
added that during his visit, Belyusov met with Kim Jong Un and the North Korean
defense minister.
“Belyusov’s main goal was to reach new agreements with
Pyongyang on the supply of artillery shells, KN23 ballistic missiles, and
sending more North Korean soldiers to Russian territory,” the statement said.
Trump’s “peace plan” for Ukraine
Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to end the war in
Ukraine in three days or even one, should he be re-elected as president. He
claimed that he could achieve this before his official inauguration in January 2025.
On Nov. 6, The Wall Street Journal reported that advisers to
Donald Trump had put forward different versions of a plan to effectively freeze
the front line in Ukraine. One of the proposals involves Ukraine’s refusal to
join NATO for the next 20 years.
According to the publication, the plan includes freezing the
front line and creating an 800-mile demilitarized zone (about 1,300 km). It
also suggests leaving Russia with about 20% of Ukraine’s territory that the
aggressor country has occupied.
On Nov. 7, it was reported that officials in the Office of
the President of Ukraine had expressed doubts about the viability of this plan.
“In general, it can be said that the real plans of
presidents are unlikely to be announced in newspapers. And there are always
many Russian disinformation pieces in the media,” commented Ukraine’s
presidential adviser on communications, Dmytro Lytvyn.
The Economist reported that Ukrainian officials are focusing
on two public versions of Donald Trump’s “peace plan.”
Meanwhile, The Telegraph reported that Trump’s plan could
involve the placement of European and British troops in a 750-mile buffer zone
between the Russian and Ukrainian armies.