European Leaders Alarmed by US-Russia Peace Plan
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Destroyed buildings in the frontline town of Kostyantynivka
Photographer: Iryna Rybakova/Press service of 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces/AFP/Getty ImagesEuropean Union leaders raised the alarm over peace plans floated by the US and Russia because they don’t yet have the Ukrainians on board. Top EU, Danish, German and Polish diplomats spoke with us today in Brussels before discussing the proposal. Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he has agreed to work on the peace plan “in a way that would bring about a just end to the war.
The latest attempt by US President Donald Trump’s administration to revive negotiations involves a 28-point plan drawn up in consultation between Moscow and Washington that’s modeled on the Gaza ceasefire. It outlines Russian demands for concessions unacceptable to Kyiv and have so far hindered any breakthrough in efforts to stop the bloodshed.