Key Points
• A 28-point draft peace plan circulated by Washington was partly shaped by a Russian “non-paper.”
• The Russian document included proposals Ukraine had already rejected, including major territorial concessions in the east.
• Several U.S. officials reportedly questioned whether the plan would ever be acceptable to Kyiv.
• Revised draft removed or modified nine of the original points.
ISLAMABAD: The U.S. peace framework for ending the war in Ukraine drew heavily from a Russian document shared with Washington earlier this year, according to a Reuters report citing multiple sources familiar with the diplomatic exchanges.
Sources quoted by the news agency said the Russian “non-paper” — an informal diplomatic submission — was provided to U.S. officials after high-level contacts between Washington and Moscow. It mirrored longstanding Kremlin positions, including demands that Ukraine surrender significant territory in the east — a condition Kyiv has consistently rejected, the sources claimed.
U.S. officials familiar with the document told Reuters they doubted the plan would win Ukrainian acceptance, given the scale of the implied concessions.
Kyiv and US revise proposal after concerns over territorial concessions:
American and Ukrainian negotiators revisited the draft during their recent interactions. Reuters reported that nine points in the original 28-point outline were removed or softened in the updated version presented to European partners this week.
The revised plan now centres on a more focused set of principles, although significant obstacles persist. Territorial sovereignty and security guarantees remain the most contentious issues, with Ukraine continuing to refuse any acknowledgment of Russian territorial gains.
