US Makes Move Toward Europe in Ukraine Peace Deal Push

Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff presented Europe and Ukraine with a list of proposals for a Ukrainian settlement at talks in Paris on Friday, while the EU and Zelensky’s regime outlined their key provisions aimed at resolving the conflict .

Sputnik, April 24, 2025

The US is dangling security guarantees, intelligence, and logistical support as potential leverage with its European allies in the push for a Ukraine peace deal, The Telegraph reports.

The US message behind closed doors is, “We won’t put boots on the ground but could support UK and European forces to back up a Ukraine peace deal from land, air, and sea.”

This support has been central to the “coalition of the willing” plan led by UK PM Keir Starmer and France’s Emmanuel Macron, who are pushing for European troops on the ground in Ukraine.

The response to this plan has been tepid, with only a few willing to get on board.

Russia has repeatedly emphasized that the deployment of foreign troops in Ukraine is totally unacceptable.

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Details of US Peace Proposal to End Ukraine Conflict Unveiled

Sputnik, April 25, 2025  

Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff presented Europe and Ukraine with a list of proposals for the Ukrainian settlement at talks in Paris, Reuters reports.

The list includes:

A permanent ceasefire and the initiation of immediate negotiations between Russia and Ukraine;

Ukraine must give up all NATO aspirations;

Witkoff’s proposals advocate for de jure recognition by the US of Russia’s control over Crimea, plus de facto recognition of the new Russian territories of the DPR, the LPR, as well as the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions;

Russia-US cooperation in energy and industry;

The lifting of sanctions against Russia.

The EU and Ukraine have presented their version of a peace deal, outlining key provisions aimed at resolving the conflict with Russia. The proposal emerged after talks between Ukrainian and European NATO officials in London on April 23 and has been given to the US negotiating team Reuters reported.

Here’s what it includes:

Ukraine is ready to start talks with Russia on the issue of territories with participation of the US and Europe once a ceasefire is in place;

Europe proposes negotiating territorial issues in the Ukrainian context, starting from the contact line;

Europe and Ukraine demand US security guarantees in response to Washington’s peace proposal, similar to NATO’s Article 5;

They offer gradual easing of sanctions imposed on Russia since 2014 after peace is chieved, but threaten to reinstate them the peace deal is broken;

Europe wants the US to take the lead in monitoring observance of the ceasefire;

Ukraine should have no restrictions on its armed forces and on deployment, arming and operations of foreign forces on the Ukrainian territory;

Europe wants post-war reconstruction for Ukraine, including at the expense of Russian assets that should remain frozen until “Russia compensates damage to Ukraine.”

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