President of the United States Donald Trump's peace plan to pacify Ukraine reportedly involves the country losing territory to Russia, according to leaks published by an American media outlet. This has caused concern within the European Union, which has noted the postponement of a trip by Steve Witkoff to Istanbul, where he was scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to give new impetus to the peace negotiations, according to the DW website. US and Russian official sources also explained to Axios that the secret plan addresses security guarantees for Europe and the future of Washington's relationship with both Moscow and Kiev, as reported by the German media and the Xinhua news agency. Russia could end the war immediately if it stops bombing and killing, but we have not seen concessions, we have not heard of any concessions from Russia. The plan proposed by the United States appears to align with Russia's demands, which Kiev has repeatedly rejected as a synonym for capitulation, according to Kallas, who sees 'no contribution to the plan from Ukraine or its European allies'. The Kremlin refused to comment on the Axios news: 'In this case, there is nothing new we can inform you about,' Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists. 'For a plan to work, it is necessary that Ukrainians and Europeans get involved, that is very clear,' commented European diplomatic chief Kaja Kallas at a press conference in Brussels. The US publication Axios reported that neither Ukraine nor its European partners were involved in its development, who are dissatisfied, as expressed by various spokespersons and emerges from the data compilation of Noticias Argentinas. The plan would be being negotiated between Trump's special representative for Russia and the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, and the Kremlin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev. 'And that, surely, would be a result that would not be acceptable,' declared Frei in an interview with the ntv television channel. The text of Trump's plan, which was leaked to the media, demands that Kiev cede territory controlled by Russia and reduce its army by more than half, indicated to AFP a source familiar with the matter, on condition of anonymity, cited by the German site. The draft stipulates 'the recognition of Crimea and other regions that the Russians have taken' and 'the reduction of the army to 400,000 troops,' affirmed the source. Likewise, Ukraine would also have to renounce its long-range weapons, explained the informant, while neither the White House nor the Kremlin responded to queries related to the plan. Currently, Russia controls about one-fifth of Ukrainian territory, largely destroyed by fighting. One of its main demands for peace is to keep the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine that it controls. In 2022, Moscow claimed the annexation of four Ukrainian regions (Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson), although it does not control them entirely, as it does in the Crimean Peninsula. 'Peace cannot be capitulation,' added the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, upon his arrival in Brussels for a meeting with his counterparts from the European Union. For his part, the German Minister for Special Affairs and Head of the Federal Chancellery, Thorsten Frei, also expressed his displeasure with the supposed peace plan. 'It gives the impression that Putin can achieve his objectives in the war that he cannot achieve on the battlefield.' She described how she sees the situation: 'We have to understand that in this war, there is an aggressor and a victim.'
