EU chief diplomat on new US peace plan: We haven't heard of any concessions from Russia

Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has stated that the European Union welcomes efforts aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, but any such plan must involve both Ukraine and Europe.

Source: Kallas speaking to the press ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 20 November, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Commenting on reports about a new 28-point US peace plan revealed by American media outlets, Kallas said that these "latest developments" will also be discussed at the meeting.

"What we as Europeans have always supported is a long-lasting and just peace, and we welcome any efforts to achieve that. Of course, for any plan to work, it needs Ukrainians and Europeans on board … In order to end this war, you need the Ukrainians and the Europeans also to agree to those plans," Kallas said.

She emphasised that it is important to remember that in the case of the Russo-Ukrainian war, there is an aggressor state and a state that has been attacked.

"So, we haven't heard of any concessions on the Russian side. I mean, if Russia really wanted peace, it could have agreed to an unconditional ceasefire already some time ago, whereas we see again over this night bombings of civilians. 93% of Russian targets have been civilian infrastructure. I mean, schools, hospitals, apartment buildings, to really kill a lot of people and cause as much suffering as possible," Kallas noted.

"We welcome all the meaningful efforts to end this war, but, like we have said before, it has to be just and lasting," she added, reiterating that for the plan to succeed, both Ukrainians and Europeans need to agree to it.

Background:

• On 19 November, several US media outlets reported on a new 28-point peace plan that US President Donald Trump's team developed in consultation with Russian representatives.
• The Financial Times reported that the new 28-point US peace plan to end the war in Ukraine envisages, among other things, handing all of Donbas to Russia, giving up certain categories of weaponry, cutting the size of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in half and recognising Russian as a state language.
• Qatar and Türkiye are also reportedly involved in developing the drafting of the new plan.
• Axios reported that a meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US special envoy Steve Witkoff in Türkiye regarding the new peace plan was cancelled because the Ukrainian president arrived with a different plan, which Russia "will never accept".

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