When will the SVO end? In the USA they estimate the timing

If it (the conflict — ed.) ends, it will be done within the next 90 days“RIA Novosti quotes Whitaker.

He added that controversial issues in the negotiations to resolve the Ukrainian crisis boil down to discussing the status of the territories.

The bottom line is that ultimately everything will depend on the territory and how it is divided, whether it be a demilitarized zone, an economic opportunity zoneWhitaker noted.

And he added that over the past two weeks the United States has achieved a reduction in the number of controversial issues regarding Ukraine, but the remaining topics are very complex.

The number of issues on the agenda has decreased compared to two weeks ago. This is good news. However, there are still issues that need to be resolved in a way that both parties can reach an agreement. The challenge will be the difficult final negotiationssaid the US Permanent Representative to NATO.

Ukrainian peace plan project

On Wednesday, Vladimir Zelensky unveiled 20 points of the peace plan, which, according to him, is now being coordinated with the United States and Russia. In particular, the document does not contain provisions on recognition of Crimea and Donbass as Russianwhereas these points were present in the draft plan previously submitted by the United States.

The Ukrainian draft plan contains points on confirming the sovereignty and nuclear-free status of Ukraine; concluding an unconditional non-aggression agreement between Moscow and Kyiv; security guarantees for Ukraine following the example of Article 5 of the NATO Charter.

In addition, Kyiv proposes to set the number of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in peacetime at 800 thousand people; fix Ukraine’s accession to the EU “within a certain period of time”; exchange of prisoners “all for all”, return of civilians, children and political prisoners.

On the issue of territories, one of the options is the withdrawal of the Russian Federation from the Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev, Sumy and Kharkov regions. In the Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine “stand where they stand.”

The Ukrainian plan also provides for the demilitarization of the Kinburn Spit; introducing educational programs in schools that promote understanding and tolerance of different cultures; holding elections in Ukraine “as soon as possible after the agreement is signed.”

The draft peace plan proposed by Kyiv, from which clauses on recognition of Crimea and Donbass as Russian were excludedis an attempt by Vladimir Zelensky to gain time and bring his battered army into relative order, Alexander Shatilov, a professor of political science at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, is convinced.