"As in August, when the US president invited Vladimir Putin to a summit in Alaska, Kyiv and its European allies were excluded from discussions that ended up echoing Kremlin talking points. Yet again, Mr Trump publicly scolded Volodymyr Zelenskyy for not being more grateful for his ongoing mediation efforts. And as in the summer, Mr Zelenskyy and blindsided European leaders strove to stay polite while scrambling to limit the damage."
"The 28-point plan reportedly drafted by Mr Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, and the Kremlin adviser, Kirill Dmitriev, was in effect a repackaging of Mr Putin's maximalist demands. A deal premised on the handing over of new territory in the Donbas region to Russia, restrictions on Ukraine's sovereignty, and drastic limits on the size of its future army, could never be acceptable to Kyiv."
Donald Trump's latest peace proposals for Ukraine excluded Kyiv and European allies and echoed Kremlin talking points, with the US president publicly scolding Volodymyr Zelenskyy for insufficient gratitude. A 28-point plan reportedly drafted by Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev essentially repackaged Putin's maximalist demands. The plan envisioned handing over new Donbas territory to Russia, curtailing Ukrainian sovereignty, and imposing drastic limits on the future Ukrainian army, which Kyiv cannot accept. After a Geneva meeting involving Marco Rubio and a Ukrainian delegation, efforts began to refine the framework. Europe must insist on a proactive role to prevent rewarding aggression and to uphold international law and Ukrainian independence.
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