EU leaders cave into Trump and grant Putin huge concessions in Ukraine peace deal | World | News
European leaders have prepared a counter-proposal to the US peace plan, which also makes major concessions to Vladimir Putin. Ukraine and its European allies were shaken by the revelation of the secret US-Russia peace agreement.
Details of the 28-item plan were revealed in a big news report by the Axios news site last week. Under the terms of the agreement, Kiev must give up control of the Donetsk region and halve the size of its army to 600,000, as well as be banned from NATO. Russia will be further rewarded by being readmitted to the G7; It’s a move that will allow him to rebuild his creaking economy.
Critics slam the deal, saying it amounts to little more than surrender for Ukraine.
Many people suspect that the plan was written by Russian officials, but this claim is vehemently denied by the White House.
European leaders have been among the most vocal in their criticism of the plan and are scrambling to find an alternative that they claim will offer a “just peace”.
However, it seems that they have bowed to Trump and added some important concessions included in the US-Russia version to their counter-offer.
Telegram The European agreement reportedly invites Putin to rejoin the G7 and also agrees to impose limits on the size of the Ukrainian military.
European leaders capped the figure at 850,000 instead of the 600,000 figure in Trump’s version. However, there is an important difference in Europe’s 24-article counter-proposal; And that was because British officials helped prepare it.
Reportedly, there should be no restrictions on the presence of foreign troops in Ukraine. The Kremlin has said it will tolerate the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine to help maintain peace.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian and US officials met in Geneva on Sunday to discuss Trump’s plan.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was at the meeting with President Zelensky’s private secretary Andrii Yermak.
Making a brief statement to the press, Rubio said: “We probably had the most productive and meaningful meeting in this entire process so far.”
