In mid-January, the head of the CIA, William Burns, on behalf of the American president, presented a plan to end the war to Kyiv and Moscow.. However, it was abandoned in both capitals.. This is reported by the Neue Zurcher Zeitung with reference to representatives of the opposition and the ruling coalition, who reported information independently on condition of anonymity..

“The offer to Kyiv sounded: peace for land, the offer to Moscow: land for peace. They say that the " This is approximately the size of Donbas, ”the newspaper writes..

Both sides, according to sources, refused such an offer.. Ukrainians - because they do not want to divide their territory, Russians - because they hope to win the war in the long term.

According to the publication, Biden wanted to avoid a protracted war in Ukraine. Avoiding a prolonged war is a higher priority for the United States than Ukraine's control of its entire territory, according to sources, as well as the well-known American think tank Rand Corporation..

Only after Burns failed to implement this plan, the American president allegedly decided to provide Ukraine with Abrams tanks..

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Both sources report that there are two camps in Washington on the issue of the war in Ukraine.

On the one hand, as described by two German MPs, there is security adviser Jake Sullivan and CIA chief Burns.. They want to end the war quickly so they can focus on China..

On the other, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

“They don’t want Russia to get away with destroying the rules-based world order and are calling for massive military support for Ukraine,” the source said..

As reported, during a secret visit to Kyiv in mid-January, Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency William Burns briefed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about Russia's plans in the coming weeks and months in the context of the war..