Europe Europeans want to weaken key points of the US-Ukraine plan
European proposals for amendments to the US plan for an end to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine envisage a significant weakening of numerous key points in favor of Ukraine. According to the German Press Agency, for example, the government in Kiev should not have to hand over any territories to Russia that it still controls itself. Furthermore, no de facto recognition of the territories occupied by Russia is envisaged.
23.11.2025, 22:11
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The proposals also envisage limiting the size of the Ukrainian armed forces to 800,000 soldiers instead of 600,000 and only releasing frozen Russian state assets if Russia makes compensation payments for war damage.
Joining NATO remains conceivable
In addition, Ukraine's accession to NATO should no longer be explicitly ruled out and no general amnesty for war crimes should be granted. The deadline for elections in Ukraine within 100 days mentioned in the US plan is also not mentioned. Instead, they are only to be organized as "quickly as possible". However, as in the US plan, Russia is still to be offered the prospect of a revival of the G8 group of major industrialized nations. The country was banned from this group in 2014 following the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea.
The extent to which the proposed changes will be heard in the ongoing negotiations between the US and Ukraine initially remained unclear. Representatives from Germany, France, the UK and the EU are also involved in the negotiations. EU circles said in the evening that some of the proposals may already be outdated. The news agency Reuters and the British newspaper "The Telegraph", among others, had initially reported on the specific points.
