{"id":1714,"date":"2025-04-26T05:30:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T05:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacificislands.news\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2025-04-26T05:30:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T05:30:52","slug":"kiev-and-its-backers-reject-key-aspects-of-trumps-peace-plan-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacificislands.news\/?p=1714","title":{"rendered":"Kiev and its backers reject key aspects of Trump\u2019s peace plan \u2013 Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Francis Tuschek<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kiev and its European backers have turned down President Donald Trump\u2019s reported peace plan for the Ukraine conflict in several significant respects, according to a report by Reuters, citing the full texts of the US proposal and the response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington tabled a proposed deal to end hostilities between Kiev and Moscow during a meeting in Paris on Thursday last week. A follow-up meeting took place in London on Wednesday, at which Ukrainian officials and their NATO European counterparts drafted counterproposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The London talks were downgraded at the last minute after Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky publicly rejected key American suggestions. He declared on Thursday that the European-backed \u201cstrategy\u201d<\/em> was now \u201con President Trump\u2019s table.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having examined the drafts \u201cin full and explicit detail\u201d<\/em> on Friday, Reuters identified four critical areas of disagreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US is proposing Washington\u2019s formal recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea \u2014 the former Ukrainian region that voted to join Russia following the 2014 Western-backed armed coup in Kiev \u2014 and a cessation of hostilities along the current frontline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kiev and its European backers are only willing to discuss territorial issues after a ceasefire has been established.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US document offers a \u201crobust security guarantee\u201d<\/em> for Ukraine from willing nations, according to Reuters. The Euro-proposal rival proposal insists that no restrictions be placed on Ukraine\u2019s military, including the deployment of foreign troops on its territory, and calls for the US to provide NATO-like protection to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia demands Ukraine remains neutral and insists that it will not accept any NATO troop presence, or troops from bloc members as part of a coalition, in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reuters reported that the US is advocating for the removal of restrictions imposed on Russia since 2014, while Kiev and the Europeans propose a \u201cgradual easing of sanctions after a sustainable peace is achieved,\u201d<\/em> paired with a threat of snapback measures for non-compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US framework includes mentions of financial compensation for Ukraine, but lacks specifics. The Kiev-backed counterproposal identifies frozen Russian assets in Western countries as a source for such payments, according to Reuters. Russia has labeled the seizure of its funds illegal and views any use of these assets to support Ukraine as \u201ctheft.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the Trump administration have blasted Zelensky for attempting to negotiate a deal through the media rather than in confidential discussions. The US president has warned that he may withdraw from his mediation efforts altogether if either party stalls progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Francis Tuschek Kiev and its European backers have turned down President Donald Trump\u2019s reported peace plan for the Ukraine conflict in several significant respects, according to a report by Reuters, citing the full texts of the US proposal and the response. Washington tabled a proposed deal to end hostilities between Kiev and Moscow during a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificislands.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificislands.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificislands.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificislands.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificislands.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pacificislands.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1716,"href":"https:\/\/pacificislands.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions\/1716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificislands.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificislands.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificislands.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificislands.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}