April 25 — Heorhii Tykhyi, the speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, outlined Ukraine’s three non-negotiable points for a peace to end Russia’s war, which includes not ceding territories, not limiting army or military aid, and maintaining Ukraine’s agenda in joining any alliance, including NATO. 

During the London negotiations on April 23, Ukrainians reportedly outlined these three key positions for a peaceful end of the Russian-Ukraine war in a common agreement with Europe. The document differs from America’s seven-point plan, which appeared this week, wrote the Telegraph.

On April 17, during the Paris meeting, American officials presented a controversial peace framework that contained seven points without any “security guarantees” for Kyiv. However, the U.S. proposed an immediate ceasefire and negotiations. In their proposal, Crimea should be de jure recognized as part of Russia, and the current frontline should be frozen.

The London meeting was supposed to discuss the American “final offer”. Marco Rubio, the United States Secretary of State, refused to come, following the Ukrainian President’s refusal to recognize Crimea as Russian. Ukrainian and European allies made their version of the Ukraine-Russian peace agreement.

The European plan consists of five points that take into account Ukraine’s three key positions for a peaceful end of the war. 

Those, according to Heorhii Tykhyi, are: 

  1. Ukraine does not recognize any occupied territories as Russian under any conditions. The European plan stresses that Moscow will threaten not only Ukraine but also Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria.
  2. Ukraine will never agree to any limitations on its armed forces, defense facilities, or military help from its partners.
  3. No third side has a right to veto Ukrainian choice of alliances, meaning joining NATO or the EU.

Also, the European plan says that peace should be based on “international law, not capitulation.” Otherwise, The Telegraph wrote, it would make the Chinese invasion of Taiwan possible.

The plan stresses the importance of security guarantees as a condition for a peace deal, which means even temporary cessions of territory in favor of Russia.

The document also says Ukraine, not Donald Trump, should be the center of the peace process.

One part of Trump’s “final” proposal for Ukraine is the return of the small part of the Kharkiv oblast Russia has occupied. 

During the briefing on April 22, the Ukrainian President said that Ukraine has not received any official U.S. proposals to exchange or give up territories.

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