— Today is Sunday. President Trump plans to reach an agreement on Thursday. We are still very far from this goal. This does not mean that reaching an agreement is completely impossible. However, given the current differences, I am skeptical that such an outcome can be achieved – said the German Chancellor during the G20 summit in Johannesburg, quoted by Reuters.
28 points. American plan for Ukraine
Last Thursday, the Axios website published a list of 28 points of the peace plan for Ukraine negotiated by the US and Russia. According to its assumptions, Kyiv is to undertake, among others: not to join NATO, limit the number of troops and give part of the territory to Russia.
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A day later, Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a speech to Ukrainians in which he criticized the proposal. He also assessed that Ukraine now finds itself in one of the most difficult moments in history. — The pressure on Ukraine is now one of the heaviest. Ukraine was faced with a very difficult choice – either loss of dignity or risk of losing a key partner. Either 28 points or an exceptionally difficult winter, the hardest one, and further risk. Life without freedom, without dignity, without justice and for us to believe the one who has already attacked twice. They will wait for our response, he said.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump announced on Friday that he would give the Ukrainian side until Thursday to respond. A day later, however, he declared that the plan was not a “final offer” to end the war.
Most European countries assessed that the American proposals were too far-reaching concessions to Russia. On Sunday, talks on the American plan are held in Geneva, attended by representatives of the countries of the informal E3 group: Great Britain, France and Germany, Ukraine, the European Union and the EU.
Sunday is also the last day of the G20 summit. On its side, talks are taking place about the American plan for Ukraine.
