The plan drawn up in secret between the US and Russia to end the war in Ukraine contains 28 points, many of them aligned with Moscow’s request for maximums, but which also includes a security guarantee based on Article 5 of NATO by which if Ukraine is attacked the “transatlantic community” will be considered attacked. In exchange, Kiev should do important territorial concessions a Moscow. Below are several keys with the most relevant aspects of the draft.
He peace plan secretly negotiated between USA y Russia for peace in Ukraine establishes a security guarantee for the country led by Zelensky. The United States and its European allies would treat a significant Russian attack on Ukraine as a threat to the entire transatlantic community. The answer could include military force, logistic support e intelligence y economic measures o diplomatic. The security guarantee would have an initial validity of 10 years, with the possibility of renewal. The approach is as if ‘de facto’ Ukraine will be part of NATO.
In exchange for the security guarantee offered by the allies, Ukraine I would have to accept give up more territory than Russia currently controls. It is one of the most controversial issues. Several media outlets point out that the roadmap involves Ukraine give up parts of Donbas (Lugansk and Donetsk) or recognize a “de facto control” for Russia. Moscow, furthermore, has shown repeated strategic interest in the Crimea–Donbas land corridor (Mariupol–Melitopol) to guarantee supplies to Crimea, a territory annexed by Russia and which, in no case, is no longer negotiable. The Other dos dos regions in dispute, Jerson and Zaporiyiawould remain under the control of each of the sides according to the partition marked by the front line at the time of the cessation of hostilities, according to the document, which has been published among others by several Ukrainian media and by the Washington Institute for the Study of Wara ‘thin tank’ specialized in conflicts.
He peace plan establishes the conditions for an armistice between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. In addition to the transfer of Ukrainian territory in exchange for the guarantee of security for Ukraine, Kiev should allow Moscow return and be welcomed back into the international community, with the lifting of sanctions y amnesty by war crimesamong other points.
If this peace plan ends up being signed, which was negotiated in secret and behind the backs of Ukraine and the EU in recent weeks by the White House and the Kremlin, President Volodymyr Zelensky must undergo elections in a period of one hundred days from the entry into force of the document. Zelensky ended his term in May 2024, but Ukrainian law prohibits voting while the country is at war and he remains in office indefinitely until elections can be held again.
He peace plan designed by USA y Russia calls on kyiv to limit its Army still maximum of 600,000 men after the war. The Ukrainian Army currently has about 900,000 personnel and kyiv has insisted that it needs to maintain an Armed Forces large enough and well-armed enough to deter Russia from invading its territory again.
Steve Witkoffone of the most visible figures of the American foreign policyleads the talks on the US side. He is a billionaire real estate businessman, friend and golf partner of President Donald Trump, White House special presidential envoy to the Middle East. Represents Washington in major conflicts in the region, from tensions with Iran to negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza, as well as the war in ukraine.
On the Russian side, Kirill Dmitrievwho heads the Russian Direct Investment Fund, is leading the talks which, he has assured, are based on principles that Trump and Putin previously agreed upon in a summit in Alaska.
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