Ukraine is drawing up clear conditions for a peace plan, emphasizing the protection of sovereignty and membership in NATO and the EU. Zelenskyy demands the use of Russia’s frozen assets.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said in an online speech before the Crimean Platform parliamentary summit in Stockholm on Monday that Ukraine will continue to work with its partners to find compromises in the proposed peace plan that would strengthen, not weaken, Ukraine. At the same forum, the Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk, listed Ukrainian red lines and declared that Ukraine’s membership in the EU and NATO must be part of the peace plan. TASR informs about it according to the Reuters agency.
In a speech, the Ukrainian head of state described Russia as an aggressor who must pay for starting the war. According to him, the decision on the use of frozen Russian assets will be key in this regard.
Red lines of Kyiv
In his speech, Stefančuk listed three red lines that Kyiv will not cross. According to him, he will not agree to the formal recognition of the occupied territories as Russian, the limitation of his armed forces or restrictions on Ukraine’s entry into alliances. According to him, Ukraine’s membership in NATO should be part of the peace plan.
On Sunday in Geneva, representatives of Ukraine and the United States worked out an updated version of the peace plan to end the war as part of the negotiations. This was stated in a joint statement released by the White House. Representatives of both countries emphasized that any future agreement must fully respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and ensure a lasting and just peace.
America’s peace plan
The original version of the draft US peace plan, which was published by the media last week, envisages, among other things, that Ukraine would cede all of Donbas to Russia, pledge that its army would have no more than 600,000 troops and that it would never join NATO.
According to Reuters, talks between the United States and Ukraine will continue on Monday. It is not yet clear how the revised version of the peace plan addresses the entire set of issues, such as territory or security guarantees for Ukraine.
