"Potential concession": US is ready to recognize Crimea Russian, - Bloomberg

To spread: The US Presidential Administration Donald Trump is ready to recognize Russian control over the Ukrainian Peninsula of Crimea in exchange for ceasefire and as part of a broader peace agreement between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Bloomberg writes about it with reference to your own sources.

"A potential concession is the last signal that President Donald Trump seeks to consolidate the ceasefire agreement, and occurs after he and the Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested on Friday that the administration is ready to stop their intermediary efforts, if no rapid progress is made," the material said.

Journalists emphasized that the recognition of the peninsula in Russian threatens the violation of international laws and treaties that prohibit the capture of territories with the use of force. "But this step would be a good for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has long sought international recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea," the authors of the article said. According to Bloomberg, Putin still refused to agree to Trump's proposal for a broad peace agreement.

He stated that the final decision on this issue has not yet been made. However, on Friday in the White House, Trump showed his impatience, saying that although he hopes that both parties would agree on the ceasefire, the United States is ready to leave the negotiations if they feel that one side lacks the dedication of this process.

At the same time, one of the officials told reporters that US plans who need further discussion with Kiev would not mean the final settlement, and that European allies would not recognize any occupied territory in Russian. Officials stressed that the negotiations will be unsuccessful if the Kremlin does not agree to stop the fighting and that providing Ukraine's security guarantees to ensure the implementation of the agreement is also an integral part of any agreement.

"Trump's proposal requires further discussion in Europe and Ukraine, which can give up the concessions planned by Trupo," the authors of the material emphasized. The White House and the State Department have not answered Bloomberg's request about comments. The American official, familiar with the course of negotiations, refused to comment on the possibility of recognition of Crimea.