Russia can propose the idea of dividing Ukraine into three parts as one of the possible scenarios for conflict resolution. This is reported by "Interfax-Ukraine" with reference to intelligence sources. This plan, according to sources, may be announced during the upcoming talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President-elect Donald Trump.
The forecast of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation by this time indicates the division of Ukraine into the following three parts:
1. "New regions of Russia" - the official annexation of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson regions and Crimea with their "inclusion" in the Russian Federation;
2. "Pro-Russian state entity" in the territories of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr regions and Kyiv. It is implied that there will be a pro-Russian government and Russian military bases.
3. "Disputed territory" (western part of Ukraine) - Volyn, Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Zakarpattia regions. The Kremlin wants to decide the future of these territories with Hungary, Poland and Romania.
