The election of Donald Trump gives reason to hope for a negotiated settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, as Francis Boyle, a professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law, told TASS. He said: “The Democrats are hopelessly anti-Russian warmongers. Good riddance! Based upon previous statements coming from President Trump, now Vice President Elect [James David] Vance and recent statements from [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin, I am hopeful that we could see in the new Trump administration a negotiated solution to the conflict between U.S./Ukraine and Russia.”
He explained: “This could involve a ceasefire in place, an Armistice agreement along the lines of the Korean War Armistice of 1953, an agreement that Ukraine would become Neutral and not a Member of NATO, though it could join the EU, and permitting both Ukraine and Russia to make whatever claims to sovereignty they wish without either side having to recognize the other side’s claims…. As President Putin just suggested, the Istanbul Treaty would be an excellent place to start these negotiations between U.S./Ukraine and Russia.”
