{"id":24588,"date":"2025-03-20T21:42:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24588"},"modified":"2025-03-20T21:42:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:42:59","slug":"europe-already-planning-for-unthinkable-russian-invasion-if-certain-trump-and-putin-peace-deal-is-reached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24588","title":{"rendered":"Europe ‘already planning’ for ‘unthinkable’ Russian invasion if certain Trump and Putin peace deal is reached"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While Ukraine and Russia appear to have made progress with a tentative ceasefire agreement, Europe is preparing for an ‘unthinkable’ invasion lead by Vladamir Putin.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week, Ukrainian President\u00a0Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a>\u00a0and Putin agreed to a partial ceasefire after talks with\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yet, nobody knows when it will begin or what exactly will be protected, and while Trump pushed for a full 30-day ceasefire, Russian President\u00a0Putin<\/a>\u00a0would only settle for ‘partial’.<\/p>\n

It is yet to be determined which infrastructures – like power plants, railways, and ports – will be off-limits.<\/p>\n

While\u00a0Ukraine<\/a>\u00a0is hoping for broader protections, Russia appears willing to spare only energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n

During the call, Trump proposed that the\u00a0US<\/a>\u00a0takes control of Ukraine\u2019s power plants to ensure their safety, a White House statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio and national security adviser Mike Waltz said.<\/p>\n

Trump told Zelenskyy that the US could be ‘very helpful in running those plants with its electricity and utility expertise,’ suggesting that ‘American ownership of those plants could be the best protection for that infrastructure’.<\/p>\n

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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy (Mert Gokhankoc\/ dia images via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The idea was floated even as the Trump administration looks to finalize an agreement to gain access to Ukraine\u2019s critical minerals as partial repayment for US support for Ukraine during the war.<\/p>\n

However, Zelenskyy said the conversation focused on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest of its kind in\u00a0Europe<\/a>, which has been under\u00a0Russian<\/a>\u00a0control since early in the war.<\/p>\n

Despite these ceasefire talks, Russia continued drone strikes on Ukraine, with Ukraine hitting back at Russian equipment.<\/p>\n

Officials from all three nations are set to meet in Jeddah,\u00a0Saudi Arabia<\/a>\u00a0to iron out details on Sunday (March 23).<\/p>\n

While there’s no end to the three-year conflict in sight just yet, Ukraine will no doubt be remaining hopeful.<\/p>\n

But even if Trump\u00a0does<\/em>\u00a0successfully broker a peace deal, Europe will still be bracing itself for an ‘unthinkable’ attack by Russia.<\/p>\n

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Trump suggested the US take control of Ukraine’s power plants (Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The BBC\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0that European defence strategists theorize Russia is planning for the ‘unthinkable’; after making gains in Ukraine, it could rebuild its army and threaten NATO’s eastern members, like Baltic states, within three years or less.<\/p>\n

A report from the Danish Defense Intelligence Service (DDIS) released in February offered up one of three scenarios that could play out should the conflict in Ukraine stop.<\/p>\n

This is assuming that Russia ‘does not have the capacity to wage war with multiple countries at the same time’, Politico\u00a0reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Within six months, the report suggests, Russia ‘would be able to wage a local war with a bordering country’.<\/p>\n

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Ceasefire talks will continue in Saudi Arabia on Sunday (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Within two years, it could ‘launch a regional war in the Baltic Sea region’.<\/p>\n

And in five years, ‘it could launch a large-scale attack on Europe, provided the US does not get involved’.<\/p>\n

DDIS did not, however, factor in any possible increase in NATO defense capabilities.<\/p>\n

DDIS’ report explained: “Russia is likely to be more willing to use military force in a regional war against one or more European NATO countries if it perceives NATO as militarily weakened or politically divided.”<\/p>\n

It continued: “This is particularly true if Russia assesses that the US cannot or will not support the European NATO countries in a war with Russia.”<\/p>\n

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