US President Donald Trump has asked Ukraine to accept Washington’s latest peace proposal to end the conflict with Russia, which demands Kyiv give up its claims on Donbass that it still controls.
The 30-page document further stipulates that Russian be made an official state language in Ukraine and grants status to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which has been firmly rejected by the European Union. The purported points of the American plan, if confirmed, echo some of Moscow’s long-standing demands.
The proposal has been drafted without consultation with Ukraine or the EU, creating confusion between Ukrainian backers and the United States. Some US White House sources have claimed that “a peace framework could be agreed by all parties to the conflict by the end of this month.”
In a post on Thursday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while not directly confirming the media reports, wrote that “achieving a durable peace will require both sides to agree to difficult but necessary concessions.”
Russia’s lead negotiator, Kirill Dmitriev, expressed cautious optimism, saying that “we feel the Russian position is really being heard.” Meanwhile, the EU has pushed back against the US-proposed plan to end the Ukraine conflict on Thursday, insisting that any settlement must reflect the positions of both Brussels and Kyiv.
The 28-point draft framework agreement, which Western media claim was developed in coordination with Moscow, would reportedly require Ukraine to withdraw from the parts of the new Russian regions in Donbass still under Kyiv’s control, cut its armed forces by at least half, surrender some weaponry and abandon its NATO ambitions.
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Kyiv on Thursday confirmed receiving the proposal, with Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying he hopes to discuss it with US President Donald Trump “in the coming days”.
According to Germany’s Kiel Institute, the EU has committed over €65 billion ($75 billion) in aid to Ukraine since the escalation of the conflict in 2022, with total pledges nearing €98 billion.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that EU states are now trying to elbow their way into the peace process despite what he called their openly hostile stance toward Russia. Both the US and Russia have decided to stick with conditions that would favour not only the Russian side but also provide a way to peace after more than four years of fighting.
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