REPORT: Zelensky To Be Gifted “Golden Exile” by Western Powers in Plan to End War

According to reports surfacing mostly in non-English media, a path towards ending the war between Russia and Ukraine is taking shape.

The rumored “peace plan” includes land concessions to Russia and potentially a ban on NATO membership by Ukraine in one version being floated as a possible path forward.

One key element of the peace agreement taking shape seems to be a “golden exile” for Volodymyr Zelensky, according to Spanish language outlet El Mundo.

A “golden exile” is being prepared for Zelensky in London, writes El Mundo!

According to newspaper, Zelensky will be sent to London after a hypothetical ceasefire. And then presidential elections will be held in Ukraine. At least, that’s what Ukrainian diplomats are whispering! pic.twitter.com/1b8zuw5mwL

— Geo_monitor (@colonelhomsi) December 5, 2024

Ben Harnwell has reported on Steve Bannon’s War Room that the reporting in El Mundo has been whispered among diplomats in Ukraine for some time.

And according to Harnwell, Steven Bannon called this as a likely eventuality several years ago.

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Ben Harnwell @ben_harnwell reports from Spanish newspaper “El Mundo” that it seems Zelensky is ready to flee Ukraine to London with “A GOLDEN EXILE”.#WarRoom pic.twitter.com/e1vyZaI2dB

— MAGA Kitty (@SaveUSAKitty) December 7, 2024

The “rumors” cited in El Mundo have been circulating among Ukrainian diplomats, according to an article published on MSN.com by Conflict Watcher.

Western countries are reportedly preparing a “golden exile” for President Volodymyr Zelensky in London following a “peace agreement” in Russia’s war against Ukraine, according to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, which cites “rumors” circulating among Ukrainian diplomats.

The newspaper claims that Ukrainian diplomats believe Zelensky is expected to be sent to London while Ukraine gears up for presidential and parliamentary elections.

The term “golden exile” refers to a situation where a person, typically a politician or leader, is forced to leave their country in a way that ensures they live comfortably and safely in exile. This form of exile aims to provide him with security and stability while Ukraine prepares for elections and focuses on rebuilding the country.

Journalists noted that this plan also includes the swift admission of Ukraine to the European Union (EU) with guarantees of economic support for the country’s reconstruction and the deployment of European peacekeeping forces. This includes troops from the United Kingdom and France.

According to this plan, these forces would be stationed along the line of contact with the Russians, which would be determined at the time of the ceasefire announcement, to “ensure compliance with a potential ceasefire.”

The plan seems to have been previously expounded upon by General Keith Kellogg, named by President Trump as his Assistant and Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia.

Kellogg has previously laid out a plan in detail that could include the so-called “Golden Exile” for Zelensky to live out his days in London with his family in posh luxury and security, while a demilitarized zone becomes the status quo along the Ukrainian frontlines with Russia.

Here is an article published by CNN recently that includes some of the details of Kellogg’s plan or ending the war in Ukraine.

In a single post, the president-elect told the world what the end of the Ukraine war might look like. And it is going to be a big diplomatic ask, to say the least.

“I am very pleased to nominate General Keith Kellogg to serve as Assistant to the President and Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social channel. “Together, we will secure PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH, and Make America, and the World, SAFE AGAIN!”

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By appointing Keith Kellogg as his special envoy to Ukraine, Donald Trump has also chosen a very specific, pre-announced plan for the thorniest foreign policy issue on his plate.

The frontlines would be frozen by a ceasefire, and a demilitarized zone imposed. For agreeing to this, Russia would get limited sanctions relief, and full relief only when a peace deal is signed that is to Ukraine’s liking. A levy on Russian energy exports would pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction. Ukraine would not be asked to give up on reclaiming occupied territory, but it would agree to pursue it through diplomacy alone. It accepts “this would require a future diplomatic breakthrough which probably will not occur before Putin leaves office.”

In a move that could be indicative of his willingness to adopt a version of the Kellogg plan, Zelensky made it known that he would be willing to cede land for peace on the same day that the previous CNN article came out detailing Kellogg’s concept plan.

🚨 BREAKING: Vlodymr Zelensky said he is willing to cede territory to Russia to end the war for the first time

The Ukrainian president said his country could give up land temporarily in exchange for a ‘Nato umbrella’ over the territory Ukraine still holds pic.twitter.com/SxOyF6JbXo

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) November 29, 2024

The sweeping victory of President Trump seems to have pushed Zelensky to shift away from a stance of no compromise in order to bring the end of hostilities with Russia into view.

A failure to repeat the earlier successes on the Ukrainian side may also have pushed Zelensky into a more cooperative mood, according to a report in The Hill — one of the only English language outlets to have picked up on the story in some detail.

Zelensky has since the outset of the war in 2022 said Ukraine will fight to reclaim all of its territory, including Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014. His peace plan has called for the full return of the territories, and his victory plan unveiled this year asked for all the weapons and support necessary to achieve that goal.

But that ambition has increasingly narrowed over the past two years after Ukraine failed to replicate the successes the country saw in 2022, when it beat back Russian forces and reclaimed territory in Kharkiv and Kherson.

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Since then, Kyiv has been on the back foot, defending against a much larger Russian army across the 600-mile front of eastern Ukraine. Even the Ukrainian surprise August incursion into Russia’s region of Kursk has not stopped Moscow’s advances through the eastern Donetsk.

The battlefield struggles, along with Trump’s Election Day victory, appears to have pushed Zelensky to reconsider his long-held strategy of pushing Russia out of the country entirely. Trump has vowed to end the war in Ukraine by the time he takes office.

Benjamin Friedman, policy director at Defense Priorities, said the shift is a reflection of the “irrefutable facts on the ground in the evident failure of Ukrainian forces to retake territory and their grave difficulty holding on to what they have.”

And “it doesn’t take a Ph.D. in political science to see that the political winds are shifting in the United States,” he added, “and they can’t count on the kind of support they’ve been getting, to say the least.”

Zelensky, who spoke with Trump soon after his electoral victory, has said in several interviews over the past week that he would consider effectively ceding some territory to Russia, in exchange for NATO protection of parts of the country Ukraine controls.

“If we want to stop the hot phase of the war, we need to take under the NATO umbrella the territory of Ukraine that we have under our control,” he told Sky News. He suggested the official status of the Russian-occupied regions be settled diplomatically in the future.

Here is a clip of Zelensky speaking with Stuart Ramsay of Sky News as mentioned in the article cited above.

Notice how specific he is being about the details of the language being used that may inadvertently add legitimacy that he does not wish to add to Russia’s claim on eastern portions of Ukraine — including Crimea.

After $75 billion from NATO nations since Feb 2022, Zelensky declares:

“I am willing to give up territory in exchange for NATO membership.”

This is akin to “I’m willing to let you keep my ex-wife that left me for you and also throw in the house she already got in the divorce.” pic.twitter.com/0P6AkSKVMS

— Marwan Nawaz (@MarwanNawaz) November 30, 2024

That degree of specificity does not sound like a man who is considering a theoretical concept, but rather the detailed points of a plan being hashed out in its final stages.

While over $75 Billion dollars have been sunk into Ukraine via NATO nations, it is starting to look more and more likely that the fighting doesn’t end with a decisive win and defeat.

We may instead see documents signed, peacekeeping forces taking up positions for an indeterminant amount of time, and Zelensky living the high life of a Londoner.

And with Joe Biden planning on “forgiving” U.S. loans issued to Ukraine to the tune of billions — why not?  It’s not as if that wasn’t the most likely plan all along.