Bryan Lanza, described as a longtime Republican Party strategist, speaks out in an interview with BBC which was sent on Saturday.
The incoming Trump administration is going to ask Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for “a realistic vision for peace,” according to Lanza.
– And if President Zelenskyj comes to the table and says – well, we can only have peace if we have Crimea – it shows us that it is not bad. Crimea is gone, says the adviser.
– And if you prioritize getting Crimea back and want American troops to fight to get Crimea back, you have to look after yourself, yes Lanza continues.
He says the Trump administration will prioritize “peace and stopping the killing”.
Lanza has been a political adviser to Trump ever since the election campaign in 2016, but after the election victory this year he no longer works for the president-elect.
Russia annexed Ukraine’s Krym peninsula in 2014 after a popular uprising forced Ukraine’s pro-Russian president to flee. More than 2.5 years after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russians occupy nearly 20 percent of Ukraine’s territory.
Zelenskyi has repeatedly said that there can be no peace between the two neighboring countries until all Russian forces are withdrawn and the entire region is returned to Ukrainian control.
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