In the updated US peace plan submitted by Ukraine to Washington, Kyiv rejected the demand to cede the Donbas to the Russian regime and refused to give up its bid for NATO membership, reports The New York Times.

The NYT notes that the updated document, prepared by Ukraine, contains 20 points. It removed most elements that were unacceptable to Kyiv and openly aligned with Russian interests, potentially making the plan unacceptable to the Kremlin.

Ukraine is demanding legal guarantees to protect against future Russian aggression. In particular, it proposes that these guarantees be approved by the US Congress to make them legally binding for any American president. Having learned lessons from the Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine does not intend to take US assurances "at face value."

Kyiv also refuses to comply with demands from President Donald Trump, who recently said Ukraine should give up some of its territories. European leaders and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy argue that conceding territory would simply reward the Russian regime for its aggression.

"The proposal removed parts of Mr. Trump's original plan that crossed Ukrainian red lines… Ukraine should retain control of areas in eastern Ukraine that the Trump plan had said it should cede," the NYT writes.

Another major change is that Ukraine rejects the US demand to forgo NATO membership. This potentially makes Ukraine's plan unacceptable for Russia, which not only wants to occupy as much Ukrainian territory as possible but also aims to prevent Kyiv from joining the Alliance.

Further negotiations, including discussions on Ukraine's version of the US peace plan, are expected to continue on Monday, December 15.

US peace plan

The initial US peace plan, consisting of 28 points and largely reflecting Russian positions, was unacceptable to Ukraine and its European partners. After consultations, the document was reduced to 20 points and revised to make it more acceptable to Kyiv.

Recently, Kyiv submitted its response to the updated plan, proposing additional ideas to resolve disputed issues. The document was prepared jointly with European partners, but a final version has not yet been completed. The "sticking points" remain territory, NATO membership, and security guarantees.

According to media reports, the Trump administration is prepared to offer Ukraine legally binding security guarantees based on NATO Article 5. However, this has not been officially confirmed. Some reports suggest that in draft peace agreements, Americans use the term "assurances" instead of "guarantees," effectively reducing security guarantees to a paper promise similar to the Budapest Memorandum.

Europe, for its part, is concerned that Russia could use a new peace agreement on ending the war in Ukraine as a "springboard" for renewed incursions into Donbas.

by Ok-Caterpillar9092

12 comments

  1. It really feels like this war will end when one side can’t fight it anymore.

    I said at the beginning of this war, that it might take 10 years, but this war of aggression will become untenable for the Russian people and they will lose eventually. Ukraine is fighting for it’s existence. It has no choice. The difference between those two sides is a massive source of morale .

  3. The very fact that russia is so against NATO membership for Ukraine means they respect and fear NATO.
    The only security guarantee for Ukraine is NATO.
    NO NEED TO SHOUT IT!! UKRAINE MUST BE A MEMBER OF NATO!!

  5. Excellent. Russia will not win this war and I hope the day will come when Putin is humiliated in front of the whole world. And fuck the traitor Donald Trump too.

  6. this is all like playing fantasy football… there is going to be no agreement. putin will never agree to it and trump just wants to make money with russia and enrich his regime members with business deals from them. He can’t have that right now so he made belarus the next best thing

  7. It’s a logical response. If US security guarantees mean anything, why would there be an issue with NATO? Also, these “guarantees” don’t outline any specific actions that the US would take if ruzzia doesn’t stop. They are pretty much worthless.

  9. It is better to have Ukraine in NATO.
    Nobody can guarantee that in next year Ukraine will not have a ruZZian puppet as president and start to attack Poland or Romania.

  10. what frightens me is we (Nato) did not interfeer when Ukraine got attackt, to not provoke Russia, we again did not close the Airspace of Ukraine when they got shelled and asked for it to not provoke Russia and finaly we seem not to be able yet to provide Security guarantees to Ukraine cause it would provoke Russia

    Wake Up!!!!! for f** sake provokation is long over

    I realy hope Putin does have a stroke or heart attack soon, because what happens when he looses the War? It would be over for him and i think if he realises that all is over …..well ……

    What would Hitler have done when he had Nukes before he would kill himself?

    Putin or even more Important the Oligarchs or who ever runs beside him the country, need to understand that they cant win. So hopefully they will stop Putin before he can do anything Apocalyptic. I am sure there are still some People who do not want to go down with the ship.

    We need to act Firm, Strong, and leave no Room for speculation to everyone in the Russian Goverment to prevent the worst.

    So much to my Fear, i hope i am wrong but nobody can convince me that Putin is resonable.

    Edit: Gramma

  11. “Kyiv also **refuses to comply with demands from President Donald Trump**, who recently said Ukraine should give up some of its territories. European leaders and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy argue that conceding territory would simply reward the Russian regime for its aggression.”

    Does anybody believe that if russia were to cross the Bering Strait and occupy Little Diomede Island on the pretext that it once belonged to russia in the first place that trump and the United States would just let them have it to avoid a war? I mean … it’s just a chunk of rock way out there in the middle of nowhere … right?

  12. Who really knows what will end the war but Ukraine will not lose. The longer the sanctions the more likely a revolution in Russia.

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