The United States has presented its allies with proposals for a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. It includes defining the conditions for a cessation of hostilities and easing sanctions against Moscow in the event of a lasting ceasefire.
Bloomberg reports this, citing sources.
According to European officials, the outlines of the American plan were discussed during meetings in Paris on April 17.
This proposal would effectively freeze the war, and the Ukrainian territories currently occupied by Russia would remain under Moscowʼs control, the interlocutors said. Ukraineʼs aspirations to join NATO would also not be discussed.
One of the interlocutors said that the plans, which need to be further discussed with Kyiv, will not be a final settlement and that European allies will not recognize the occupied territories as Russian. The sources stressed that the talks will be fruitless unless the Kremlin agrees to cease hostilities and that it is crucial to provide Ukraine with security guarantees to secure any deal.
Ukraine has already agreed to a ceasefire, and its position is that Moscow must also agree to it before discussing other issues, Bloomberg reported. According to him, the Ukrainian delegationʼs task in Paris was to discuss how the ceasefire would be monitored, as well as the issue of a peacekeeping contingent.
- Washington is negotiating with Russia and Ukraine to end the war, but a true ceasefire is still in sight. Kyiv has already agreed to halt hostilities in the Black Sea and not attack Russian energy facilities during a 30-day truce. Moscow, in return, has only promised not to attack energy facilities and said it would implement agreements on the Black Sea only after Western sanctions are lifted.
- The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged that Russia is violating the partial ceasefire and warned the Russians against dragging out the peace process. The US President Donald Trump had previously promised to impose tough sanctions against Russia in such a case, but has not yet done so.
- On April 18, Secretary of State Rubio said that the United States could end peace efforts in Ukraine in a matter of days if it does not see clear signs of a peace agreement.
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