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Ukrainian president says plan would not be fair without guarantees that Russia would not simply take over zone

The US wants Ukraine to withdraw its troops from the Donbas region, and Washington would then create a “free economic zone” in the parts Kyiv currently controls, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

Previously, the US had suggested Kyiv should hand over the parts of Donbas it still controlled to Russia, but the Ukrainian president said on Thursday that Washington had now suggested a compromise version in which Ukrainian troops would withdraw, but Russian troops would not advance into the territory.

“Who will govern this territory, which they are calling a ‘free economic zone’ or a ‘demilitarised zone’ – they don’t know,” said the Ukrainian president, speaking with journalists in Kyiv on Thursday.

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[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

"Free economic zone" raises my hackles. Is this a technical geopolitical term or is it really just gonna be the Corporation Wars zone?

EDIT: I think I was kind of thinking of "Free trade zones" which this is not. So who knows what they're talking about.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Isn't this almost literally the plot of the new Superman movie? A billionaire [not Trump, someone else pulling strings] carves out a portion of a country intentionally made war-torn for their own gain?

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yup. And he wants to do the same in Palestine.

Probably other places too.

Everything's a grift with this guy.

[–] rayyy@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Everything’s a grift with this guy.

You would think that EVEN THE DUMBEST OF THE DUMBEST WOULD HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT BY NOW - BUT NO. The clowns and incompetents in his regime know it but are in on the grift.

[–] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

There's a 'free zone' in Belize that ahh.... It's like a pustulant blister of capitalism. It's gross. Feels gross. Everywhere that isn't actively selling shit is a literal garbage dump, and there's a ton of building carcasses with faded signs falling off of them. Looks like in its heyday it was at best a sleazy strip mall.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Is it Corozal Free Zone? Why is it that I can only find photos that look like they're from the 90s?

collapsed inline mediaPhoto of Corozal Free Zone

Why do I kind of want to go there?

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago

I thought this was a 20 year old photo but that car in bottom left corner looks newer.

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Makes me think of the neutral zone between romulans and federation.