WASHINGTON, DC Nov 21: US President Donald Trump is demanding that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accept a proposed draft peace plan on Ukraine “right now,” the RBC Ukraine news agency reported, citing a senior US official.
“If you’ve been watching President Trump, you should feel that when it comes to an aggressive timeline, it means tight deadlines on his terms. It means right now, it means as soon as possible,” the official was quoted as saying by the news agency on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Axios reported that Washington has been holding secret consultations with Moscow to develop a new peace plan for settling the conflict. The Financial Times newspaper reported that the 28-point US peace plan includes reductions in US military aid, official recognition of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, granting Russian state language status in Ukraine, reducing Ukraine’s armed forces, and banning foreign troops and long-range weapons on Ukrainian soil.
The plan assumes that the United States and other countries recognize Crimea and Donbas as legitimate Russian territories, as per Axios report. On Friday, Axios reported that the US also presented Kiev with another draft agreement, according to which a possible attack on Ukraine would be “regarded as an attack threatening the peace and security of the transatlantic community.” The agreement will reportedly be valid for an initial 10 years and requires the signatures of Ukraine, the US, the European Union, NATO and Russia. (UNI)
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