The United States awaits Ukraine’s response, a peace agreement that includes American recognition as part of Russia and the unofficial approval of Russian control of almost all areas occupied since the invasion of 2022, as reported to the North American Digital newspaper Sources with direct knowledge of the proposal.
The document of a page that the US presented to Ukrainian officials in Paris last week describes the proposal. The White House insists that it is willing to withdraw if the parties do not reach an agreement soon.
The Republican proposal would require important concessions of the Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelenski, who previously rule out accepting the Russian occupation of Crimea and formally annexed by Moscow in September 2022, although they are not 100%militarily occupied.
And while the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has allegedly offered to freeze the current front lines to reach an agreement, he has also previously rejected other elements of the US frame, such as one in Ukrainian territory.
A source close to the Ukrainian government affirmed to the same medium that kyiv considers the very biased proposal in favor of Russia: “The proposal establishes very clearly the tangible benefits that Russia will obtain, but only vaguely and generally indicates what Ukraine will obtain.” This matter has always been a red line for Ukraine, because it means giving its territorial sovereignty to the enemy that occupied his country for no reason in February 2022.
According to Axios, what Russia obtains with Trump’s proposal is what follows:
- Recognition of iure by the United States of Russian control in Crimea.
- Recognition in fact From the Russian occupation of house all the province of Luhansk and the occupied areas of donttsk, jerson and Zaporiyia.
- A promise that Ukraine will not become. The text indicates that Ukraine could be part of the European Union.
- The lifting of those imposed since 2014.
- Greater economic cooperation with the United States, especially in the energy and industrial sectors.
For its part, what Ukraine obtains with Trump’s proposal is this:
- “A solid security guarantee” that involves a group to this of European countries and, potentially, also related non -European countries. The document is inaccurate in terms of the operation of this peace maintenance operation and does not mention US participation.
- The return of the small part of the province that Russia has occupied.
- The passage without obstacles of the Dnieper River, which runs along the front line in parts of southern Ukraine.
- Compensation and assistance for the, although the document does not specify where the financing will provide.
Vladimir Putin, during his visit to the bridge that unites the annexed Crimean Peninsula with Russia, after having been repaired after suffering an attack that blamed Ukraine.
What else?
The solid information of Axios He adds that the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the largest installation of this type in Europe, will be considered Ukrainian territory, but will be operated by the US, and electricity will be supplied both to Ukraine and Russia.
The document also refers to the agreement between the United States and Ukraine, which Trump has said that it will be signed on Thursday.
The plan, however, was written after Trump’s envoy, met with Putin for more than four hours last week. After the presentation of the Plan, the Russian president offered Pausar the Russian invasion in the current front lines as part of a possible agreement, this is Putin’s greatest gesture to date to indicate his willingness to peace, but European officials are skeptical.
Witkoff will travel to Moscow at the end of this week for his fourth meeting with Putin, the White House announced Tuesday. However, Witkoff and the Secretary of State are expected to be absent from the conversations in London today, in which American, Ukrainian, French, German and British officials participate. Both had planned to attend previously. The reasons for his fault have not been explained.
Instead, the envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, is expected to lead the US delegation. The American proposal is expected to be part of the conversations.
An American official involved in the conversations affirmed to the same medium as Rubio and Witkoff worked together “to develop a framework that brings us closer to the end of the war.” However, that source said that, in the last 24 hours, Ukraine had given indications that he preferred to discuss the 30 -day fire during Wednesday’s meetings in London, instead of the framework of the Trump peace plan. “It was decided that the secretary did not travel to London. Instead, the US delegation will continue to talk with its counterparts from the United Kingdom and Ukraine,” said the official.
Rubio tweeted that he had had a “productive” conversation with his counterpart from the United Kingdom and that he expected to “follow up” after the conversations in London. “The negotiations continue and we hope we are in the right direction,” the White House Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, told the press on Tuesday.
