Fight for a plan for Ukraine. Rutte: The US version has a lot of good things, but it needs to be changed

Some elements of the US peace plan had to be changed, but there were also good things in it, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Monday in an interview for Fox News. He stated that the plan is being refined and must be discussed separately by the EU and NATO.

Rutte thus responded to a Fox News journalist's suggestion that the originally presented 28-point plan was clearly “pro-Russian.” The secretary general praised the efforts of President Donald Trump and his team, including special envoy Steve Witkoff, but admitted his plan needed adjustments.

– It's good that there is a plan, which, as you know, was discussed yesterday in Geneva. It was a very successful meeting between Ukraine and the US side and they will continue talks. The plan had to be refined and some elements had to be changed, but there were also good things in it and I think that's what's happening, Rutte said.

The NATO head did not want to discuss the details of the plan and the issue of security guarantees. He added, however, that some elements of the proposal require separate talks regarding the European Union and NATO. He stressed that the priority for everyone is to ensure that the peace agreement guarantees Ukraine's security against repeated aggression.

– What the president (Trump) is trying to achieve, what we all want to achieve, is lasting peace in Ukraine, a sovereign country, and that the Russians will never, ever, even have the desire to try to attack Ukraine again in the future, he stressed.

The Trump administration presented a 28-point peace plan to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week and is pressuring him to accept it by Thursday at the latest. The plan was perceived as playing into Russia's hands, although American officials warn that it may still be subject to changes. European leaders responded to the US plan on Sunday by presenting their version of the project. The proposal introduces some modifications to the American proposal, including: on limiting the size of the Ukrainian army and assumes guarantees similar to those in Art. 5 NATO.

From Washington Oskar Górzyński (PAP)

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