Kremlin says it has not yet seen new 19-point plan, but previous one is "a good basis"
Russia has said it has not received the updated 19-point "peace plan" on ending its war against Ukraine.
Source: Russian state-owned agencies RIA Novosti, TASS and Interfax, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on 25 November
Details: Peskov stated that Russia "has not received" a new version of the US plan regarding Ukraine.
He claimed that Russia allegedly "remains fully open to the negotiation process" concerning its unprovoked aggression against Ukraine and added that the plan put forward by US President Donald Trump could serve as "a very good basis for negotiations".
Peskov also said that no one had discussed the previous plan with the Russian side in substance.
Quote: "This plan was not prepared or discussed in substance. Indeed, it is a sketch by the American side that was passed to us. This plan was drafted, among other things, on the basis of the understandings reached in Anchorage, and in many respects it corresponds to the spirit of Anchorage."
More details: Peskov added that "the text that had unofficially reached us earlier has now already been amended".
Quote: "At some point, the time will likely come for our contacts with the Americans, and we will officially receive some information. For now, we have no novelties regarding this plan."
Background:
- Information about a new US "peace plan" intended to resolve Russia's war against Ukraine appeared in a number of American media outlets on 19 November.
- These publications mentioned that the plan envisages transferring the whole of Donbas to Russia. Under the plan, Ukraine must also limit its weapons arsenal, cut its army in half and agree to Russian as a second state language.
- On 21 November, Axios published the text of the peace plan consisting of 28 points, under which Ukraine must permanently give up its territories and Russia would receive amnesty.
- On 23 November, the United Kingdom, Germany and France prepared counterproposals to the draft American "peace plan" of 28 points, intended to make it more favourable for Ukraine.
- Also on 23 November, talks between the Ukrainian and US delegations took place in Geneva, after which an "updated" document on peace was revealed.
- The British newspaper the Financial Times reported that, following the negotiations in Geneva, amendments were made to the original version of the Trump team's "peace plan", as a result of which the number of points in it was reduced to 19.
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