The United States has been secretly working with Russia to draft a new plan to end the war in ukraineaccording to what American and Russian officials have told the American media Axios. The 28-point plan is inspired by the success of the negotiation led by the Donald Trump Administration to force a ceasefire in Gaza. So the bulk of the plan was negotiated with the Israeli side, and then adjusted to something acceptable to the Palestinian group Hamas through mediators.
According to Axios, the 28 points of the plan They are grouped into four large blocks: peace in Ukraine, security guarantees, security in Europe and future relations of the United States with Russia and Ukraine. The details of the thorniest issues, especially territorial control in eastern Ukraine, are unknown. Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff is directing the drafting of the plan and has debated it in depth with the Russian, Kirill Dmitriev, who has assured that “now the Russian position is really being listened to” in an interview with the same medium.
The Kremlin has rejected the information and denies that there are new proposals beyond what was discussed between Vladimir Putin y Donald Trump at the Alaska summit in August. kyiv has not officially responded to these reports.
No meeting in Türkiye
The Ukrainian president Volodímir Zelenski He was due to meet this Wednesday in Turkey with Witkoff, as confirmed this Tuesday during the press conference after his meeting at the Moncloa Palace with the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, on his third visit to Spain. However, the White House has denied that Trump’s envoy will be present in Ankara. Zelensky does meet with the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan who tries to mediate the conflict.
“The main problem is that the United States’ position is closer to that of Ukraine than to that of Russia. Moscow is going to continue demanding that part of Ukraine be a territory de jure Russian.” interprets for EL PERIÓDICO Oleksandr Slyvchuk, coordinator of the Cooperation Program for Spain and Latin America at the Transatlantic Dialogue Center. “The other scenario is that Russia asks for more territory in the entire province of Donetsk, something that Ukraine is not going to accept. Ukraine’s proposal is a ceasefire on the front line, without giving up territory and without signing any type of territorial change. “The Americans understand it, but for them the priority is to stop the war.”
The United States authorizes the sale of more Patriot
On the ground, Ukraine has been the scene of a new large scale attack. At least 20 people have died, including two minors, in the Russian attack on the city of Ternopil, in western Ukraine.
Russia attacks Ukraine with 476 drones and 48 missiles, killing at least 25 civilians / .
The victims were in two apartment blocks that have been hit by Russian drones overnight. Rescue efforts continue and it is not ruled out that there are more people in the rubble.
At the same time, this Wednesday the United States Government authorized a sale to Ukraine of Patriot air defense systems and other types of related weapons worth 105 million dollars (90.6 million euros), Europa Press reports.
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