DONALD Trump will allegedly withdraw US troops from Nato’s frontline with Russia in the Baltics as part of its surprise Ukraine peace agreements.
The US President shocked the world when he revealed he spoke to Vladimir Putin last week about brokering an end to the almost three-year deadly invasion.
APDonald Trump could allegedly withdraw US troops from Baltic countries[/caption]
APThis could be part of Ukraine peace talks with Putin[/caption]
GettySupposed details of the Ukraine peace talks have been floated[/caption]
Allegedly, details about the fraught negotiations revealed that Kyiv and Europe were being iced out of these talks.
Putin reportedly wants all Nato forces removed from his neighbouring Western countries, per the Financial Times.
European officials now believe Trump could succumb to this and remove the US troops stationed in the countries bordering Mad Vlad.
The former Soviet nations – Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania – could be placed in a vulnerable position with this apparent proposition.
It is not clear exactly how many US troops are stationed in the area but around 600 are positioned in Estonia, according to the US Embassy.
These shock apparent plans comes after a permanent military base was set up in Lithuania.
This site was due to hold 5,000 soldiers and be fully operational by 2027, but Trump’s peace talks could throw this into disarray.
This could leave these smaller nations at risk of Putin’s terror as Nato warned the Russian tyrant could launch a wider war, past Ukraine.
Trump repeatedly vowed to end Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine throughout his re-election campaign.
He made a huge step towards this by arranging to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia soon for talks but Zelensky insisted Ukraine would not accept any peace deals reached without Kyiv’s involvement.
Other peace measures reportedly considered by Trump include banning Kyiv from joining Nato and declaring neutrality.
Another potential clause could be Russia keeping the five regions it has annexed in Ukraine – Crimea in 2014 and then Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk and Zaporizhzhia in 2022.
Ukraine could also be asked to withdraw from the Kursk region of Eastern Russia.
This comes as US Defence Secretary Keith Hegseth said it was “unrealistic” for Ukraine to return to its 2014 borders before Putin invaded Crimea.
Hegseth also confirmed on Wednesday that the US doesn’t want American troops to be involved in defending the country.
Trump also said he has struck a deal for $500billion worth of Ukrainian rare minerals in return for military support the US gave.
Trump told Fox News that Kyiv could decide it didn’t want to deal – but that Zelensky had agreed to trade military support for key minerals.
He said: “We are going to have all this money in there, and I say I want it back. And I told them that I want the equivalent, like $500 billion worth of rare earth.
ReutersUkrainian Armed Forces prepare to fire a BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket system toward Russian troops on 15 February, 2025[/caption]
APRussian soldiers ride atop Akatsyia self-propelled gun on an undisclosed location in eastern Ukraine in February 2025[/caption]
EPAUAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky prior to their meeting in Abu Dhabi on 17 February, 2025[/caption]
“And they have essentially agreed to do that, so at least we don’t feel stupid.”
Leaked documents have revealed a details of a contract between the US and Ukraine marked “Privileged & Confidential”, per The Telegraph.
The terms of the $500billion “repayment” deal could hit more than Kyiv’s minerals.
A “Reconstruction Investment Fund” has supposedly been proposed to “ensure that hostile parties to the conflict do not benefit from the reconstruction of Ukraine”.
This leaked document says “for all future licences, the US will have a right of first refusal for the purchase of exportable minerals”
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