US offers peace deal: Leave occupied lands and drop Ukraine’s NATO bid, newsukraine.rbc.ua

The United States presented its own proposals for a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia to its European allies. The plan suggests allowing Russia to keep occupied territories and rules out Ukraine’s NATO membership, Bloomberg reports.

According to European officials who spoke to Bloomberg, the US unveiled the plan during meetings in Paris on April 17.

According to the outlet’s sources, the US proposal envisages a freeze of the war, with the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine remaining under Russian control. It also includes the easing of sanctions on Russia and dismisses any discussion of Ukraine joining NATO. Läs artikel