According to Axios, Putin told Trump yesterday that he is willing to discuss Ukraine's security guarantees and suggested China as one of the guarantors, but this would obviously be rejected by NATO and Ukraine.
[Witty] Comments: Trump mentioned Ukraine's security guarantees, trying to bring in Article 5 of NATO without wanting the US to send troops, letting Europe take the front line. This is a very clever plan. Putin firmly opposes Ukraine joining NATO and NATO's involvement in the Ukraine issue, but agrees to provide security guarantees and even invites China as a "neutral guarantor." If the five permanent members of the UN Security Council are to send peacekeeping forces, it seems only a "neutral country" like China meets the qualifications. However, this task is hard and ungrateful unless it is exchanged for conditions such as participating in infrastructure reconstruction. In that case, the US could convene an international conference, use Ukraine's resources as collateral to raise funds for infrastructure reconstruction. Trump would get the Nobel Peace Prize, China would earn money from construction projects, and Russia, which has gained land benefits, would not participate... What about Ukraine? This might be the tragic cost of small countries acting as agents to provoke great powers. Of course, all of this is just wild speculation; we should first observe the meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy on Monday local time.
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