Details of US Peace Proposal to End Ukraine Conflict Unveiled
10:22 GMT 25.04.2025 (Updated: 11:17 GMT 25.04.2025)
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Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff presented Europe and Ukraine with a list of proposals for the Ukrainian settlement at talks in Paris, Reuters reports.
The list includes:
A permanent ceasefire and the initiation of immediate negotiations between Russia and Ukraine;
Ukraine must give up all NATO aspirations;
Witkoff's proposals advocate for de jure recognition by the US of Russia's control over Crimea, plus de facto recognition of the new Russian territories of the DPR, the LPR, as well as the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions;
Russia-US cooperation in energy and industry;
The lifting of sanctions against Russia.
The EU and Ukraine have presented their version of a peace deal, outlining key provisions aimed at resolving the conflict with Russia. The proposal emerged after talks between Ukrainian and European NATO officials in London on April 23 and has been given to the US negotiating team Reuters reported.
Here's what it includes:
Ukraine is ready to start talks with Russia on the issue of territories with participation of the US and Europe once a ceasefire is in place;
Europe proposes negotiating territorial issues in the Ukrainian context, starting from the contact line;
Europe and Ukraine demand US security guarantees in response to Washington’s peace proposal, similar to NATO’s Article 5;
They offer gradual easing of sanctions imposed on Russia since 2014 after peace is achieved, but threaten to reinstate them the peace deal is broken;
Europe wants the US to take the lead in monitoring observance of the ceasefire;
Ukraine should have no restrictions on its armed forces and on deployment, arming and operations of foreign forces on the Ukrainian territory;
Europe wants post-war reconstruction for Ukraine, including at the expense of Russian assets that should remain frozen until "Russia compensates damage to Ukraine."
