US Edition‘Tough as Nails’: What Putin Really Wants Out of Peace Talk Chaos
Moscow calls the European peace plan unsuitable but sees many acceptable points in the US 28-point proposal, which may guide future discussions, Kremlin aide said.
- On November 24, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said a 28-point United States plan contains many provisions Moscow finds acceptable and aligns broadly with earlier Alaska contacts.
- Washington drafted the proposal as a framework incorporating input from both Russia and Ukraine, though some US lawmakers cautioned it should not yet be treated as official policy.
- Moscow says it has received the US text but that `no concrete negotiations` have yet taken place, and elements still require detailed discussion by the United States, Russia and Ukraine.
- Multiple alternative initiatives are being discussed informally, and Russian officials say they will consider only officially transmitted documents for serious settlement talks.
- Ushakov rejected a European counterproposal circulating unofficially, telling RIA Novosti it was learned `this morning` and called it completely non-constructive and unsuitable for Russia.
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From the original 28-point peace plan a few days later the most important pro-Russian demands disappeared. This was preceded by chaos in the U.S. government.
Berlin.- Ukrainian and European officials threw themselves into a frenzy over the weekend to alter President Donald Trump’s new 28-point peace plan that would end the war in Ukraine, drawn up with Russian contributions and strongly leaning towards the Kremlin. For his part, Russian President Vladimir Putin remained on the sidelines. For the Russian leader, a peace plan that would favor the Kremlin and consecrate Ukraine’s perpetual subordination…
The Ukrainians remodel Trump's draft: "No comment remained unanswered." Donald would be willing to postpone the deadline. But the Kremlin rejects the European proposals: "They are not constructive"
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After the Ukraine talks in Geneva, there is a cautious confidence in Europe. Now the Kremlin is also speaking: the original US plan is ready to be discussed - but the European counterproposals are "not constructive".
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