‘The post -war Ukraine could look like Berlin after the Second World War with the presence of European and Russian forces, separated from the River Dnipero, “US envoy Keith Kloge said in the British newspaper” The Times “.
After more than three years since the start of the war triggered by the Russian invasion of February 24, 2022 and the particularly limited progress towards a truce, several countries, such as France and the United Kingdom, say they are in favor of the idea of a European peacekeeping military presence in Ukraine.
“You could even make it look like what happened to Berlin after World War II, when you had a Russian zone, a French zone, a British zone, an American zone,” General Kalogk said in an interview with Times.
And to replace the wall built in 1961 and separated the German capital, the American envoy thinks of the case of the Dnieper River, a large natural “obstacle” that leaks Ukraine, and even Kiev itself from the north to the south.
According to Kogg, an English -speaking presence in the form of “a force that will guarantee” peace, west of the Dnieper, would not be “provocative” for Moscow. Russia would be to the east, while the Ukrainian troops would be in between.
The US would not send any military force, he said.
However, aware that Russian President Vladimir Putin could “not accept” this proposal, Keith Kloge also proposes to create a “demilitarized zone” between the Ukrainian and Russian lines. This will aim to ensure that there will be no fire exchanges.
“You see a map and create, in the absence of a better term, a demilitarized zone. Both sides each withdraw 15 kilometers, “Kloger said. A post -war neutral zone, but only with a width of four kilometers, exists, for example, between North and South Korea since 1953.
“You will be able to watch this very easily,” Kloger said, adding: “Will there be violations? Probably, because they always exist. “
In a report on an interview with the American envoy, the Times reported the “division” of Ukraine as part of a possible peace deal.
However, Kloger said his statements were “misinterpreted”. “I was talking about a power of resilience after a ceasefire, in support of Ukraine’s domination. I was referring to responsibility zones for an allied force (without US troops). I was not referring to a division of Ukraine, “he wrote on the X network.