Former Ukrainian defence minister gives positive response to Trump's "peace plan" – New York Post
Senior US officials have claimed that Rustem Umierov, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, has agreed to President Donald Trump's new "peace plan", which stipulates that Ukraine must give up its territories and reduce its armed forces.
Source: New York Post (NYP), citing senior American officials
Quote from the NYP: "The officials said they received 'positive feedback' from Ukraine's Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council Rustem Umierov during discussions with Witkoff in Miami in recent weeks, but stopped short of saying Kyiv signed off on the deal."
Quote from one of the officials interviewed by the NYP: "The plan was drawn up immediately following discussions with one of the most senior members of Zelenskyy's administration, Umierov. So Umierov agreed to the majority of this plan, and he made several modifications to it, which we included and presented it to President Zelenskyy."
Details: The NYP source added that they would not say that Kyiv had "full-heartedly… agreed to it and they're ready to sign off". However, he stressed that "they [the Ukrainian side] agreed to the majority of the plan".
The NYP added that "one of the most politically explosive provisions calls for full amnesty for all parties involved in wartime actions, eliminating any future legal claims over battlefield conduct".
According to a senior White House official, this provision was proposed by Kyiv.
The official added that it had previously been stated that "Ukraine will conduct a full audit of all aid received and create a legal mechanism to recover any errors found and punish those who illegally profiteered from the war".
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his address the night before that he had received from the US their vision of how to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
He added that Ukraine and the US had agreed that their teams would work on these proposals to "ensure it's all genuine".
"We agreed that our teams will work on the points to ensure it's all genuine. We're geared up for clear and honest work – Ukraine, the US, our European and global partners," Zelenskyy said.
Background: Earlier, Axios revealed the text of Trump's "peace plan", under which Ukraine would have to give up part of its territory, limit the size of its armed forces and enshrine in its Constitution a commitment never to join the North Atlantic Alliance.
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