US EditionStarmer and Zelensky Discuss US Peace Plan for Ukraine
The US-backed plan requires Ukraine to make major territorial and military concessions amid ongoing conflict and political challenges, while Europe warns against one-sided compromises.
- On Friday in Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky signalled readiness for `constructive` and `honest` work with Washington on a draft plan and confirmed US and Ukrainian negotiating teams will develop its elements.
- After confidential talks involving Rustem Umerov, Zelensky's adviser, Umerov `agreed to the majority of the plan`, while US officials reportedly worked quietly on the proposal, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
- According to the leaked 28-point document, the draft would include US recognition of Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk as de facto Russian territory and limit Ukraine's army to 600,000 troops with robust security guarantees.
- In Brussels, EU foreign ministers avoided direct comment but signalled resistance to any deal forcing Ukraine into one-sided concessions, emphasising `But peace cannot be a capitulation.`
- Ukrainian forces are under pressure on multiple fronts and Zelensky's government was shaken by a corruption scandal that led to the dismissal of two cabinet ministers last week; the plan would reintegrate Russia with sanctions lifted `in phases and on a case-by-case basis`.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky held a telephone conversation with US Vice President Jay Dee Vance as part of consultations on possible negotiations to end the war.
The head of state called on Ukrainians to “come together, to come to their senses, to stop political squabbling and political games.”
Starmer and Zelensky discuss US-backed peace plan
The Prime Minister held a call with the Ukrainian president, as well as French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Friedrich Merz. Sir Keir Starmer spoke to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday amid reports the US has been secretly negotiating a plan with Russia to end the war in Ukraine. The Prime Minister had previously stressed that “the future of Ukraine must be determined by Ukraine” after it was reported that the Wh…
Europe Sidelined as Details of U.S. Ukraine Deal Go Public
Newly leaked details of a 28-point U.S. peace plan for Ukraine reveal sweeping territorial concessions and security arrangements that Washington has begun discussing with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky said he is ready for “honest work” with the United States after receiving the proposal. According to the published details, Kyiv would give up the parts of the Donbas it still controls, reduce its armed forces to 600,000 personnel, pledge …
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