Trump has to promise more for Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelensky has to have something to show to the Ukrainian people that all their suffering has been worthwhile. At present, under the Trump 28-point plan, there is very little for the poor Ukrainian leader to tell his people other than to face defeat, humiliation, loss of territory and a bleak future. So, if there is to be any hope of ending this war, the Trump plan will have to be dramatically modified. At present there are only three indredients in the plan which culd theoretically be described as positive for Kyiv: the possibility of membership of the EU some time in the future, the use of frozen Russian assets to help pay for reconstruction of the battered country, and the potential at least of some form of US security guarantee for Ukraine against any further aggression by Moscow. These three elements now need to be built up to form a much bigger part of the peace plan. The security guarantee needs to be spelled out in greater detail so that Moscow will know that any further attacks on Ukraine once the war is over will mean direct confrontation militarily with the US and the whole of Nato. The EU membership offer should have a timetable attached, and help given to Kyiv to stamp out corruption. And Moscow must be told that Russia will have no say in the decision to use the billions of dollars frozen in overseas banks as a result of international sanctions to rebuild the towns and cities hammered by Russian missile and bomb attacks. At least then Zelensky will have something to show for the agonies of the past four years. But I still don't see how Zelensky can ever agree to handing over the whole of the Donbas region to Moscow. In the eyes of the Ukrainian troops who have fought and shed blood to prevent Russian troops from seizing the whole of the region, this would be a betrayal of unforgiveable proportions. BUY FOR CHRISTMAS MY NEW SPY THRILLER AGENT REDRUTH. REVIEWERS HAVE PRAISED IT AND GIVEN IT FIVE STARS.