Reuters has published what it says are details of the Russia-Ukraine Deal Framework being proposed by the US.
The news agency says the proposal is described as “the final offer from the United States to both sides”. It goes on to detail the following terms
- Permanent ceasefire
- Both sides immediately engage in technical implementation negotiations
- Ukraine receives robust security guarantee
- Guarantor states will be an ad hoc grouping of European states plus willing non-European states
- Ukraine will not seek to join Nato
- Ukraine may pursue EU membership
- US provides de jure recognition of Russian control of Crimea
- US provides de facto recognition of Russian control of Luhansk
- US provides de facto recognition of Russian-controlled parts of Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Kherson
- Ukraine regains territory in Kharkiv oblast
- Ukraine regains control of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant through US control and administration of the plant, with electricity distributed to both sides, and also the Kakhovka Dam
- Ukraine enjoys unhindered passage on Dnipro River and control of the Kinburn Spit
- United States and Ukraine will implement economic cooperation/minerals agreement
- Ukraine to be fully reconstructed and compensated financially
- Sanctions on Russia resulting from this conflict since 2014 will be removed
- US-Russian economic cooperation on energy and other industrial sectors
Reuters has also published details of another document, which it says are the counterproposals for a deal put forward by Ukrainian and European officials.
These are as follows:
- Commit to a full and unconditional ceasefire in the sky, on land and at sea
- Both sides immediately enter into negotiations on technical implementation with the participation of the US and European countries. This is in parallel to preparation of the agenda and modalities for a full peace deal
- Ceasefire monitoring, led by the US and supported by third countries.
- Russia must unconditionally return all deported and illegally displaced Ukrainian children
- Exchange of all prisoners of war (the principle of “all for all”)
- Russia must release all civilian prisoners
- Ukraine receives robust security guarantees including from the US (Article 5-like agreement), while there is no consensus among Allies on Nato membership
- No restrictions on the Ukrainian Defense Forces
- The guarantor states will be an ad hoc group of European countries and willing non-European countries. No restrictions on the presence, weapons and operations of friendly foreign forces on the territory of Ukraine
- Ukraine pursues accession to the EU
- Territorial issues will be discussed and resolved after a full and unconditional ceasefire
- Territorial negotiations start from the basis of the line of control
- Ukraine regains control of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant with US involvement, and also the Kakhovka Dam
- Ukraine enjoys unhindered passages on the Dnipro River and control of the Kinburn Spit
- US and Ukraine implement economic cooperation/minerals agreement
- Ukraine will be fully reconstructed and compensated financially, including through Russian sovereign assets that will remain frozen until Russia compensates damage to Ukraine
- US sanctions imposed on Russia since 2014 may be subject to gradual easing after a sustainable peace is achieved and subject to resumption in the event of a breach of the peace agreement