Ex-Trump Envoy Richard Grenell Supports Autonomous Zones in Ukraine
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Richard Grenell during an interview ahead of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15.
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A former Trump administration ambassador who could take a top role in a second term advocated a Ukraine peace deal that he said would preserve the country’s territory but allow for autonomous zones.
Richard Grenell, who was Donald Trump’s ambassador to Germany and acting director of national intelligence, suggested a plan that would face opposition from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who has called for Russian forces to leave all the territory they took in 2014 and in the latest invasion in 2022.