Ukraine peace deal proposals set out by US at talks in Paris
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Posted on April 25, 2025
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on April 25, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) - Reuters has seen the text of a set of proposals to end Russia's war in Ukraine that were presented to European officials by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff at talks in Paris on April 17.
The text of the document is published in full with no changes.
Russia-Ukraine Deal Framework
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Overview: These terms represent the final offer from the United States to both sides.
Ceasefire
* Permanent ceasefire * Both sides immediately engage in technical implementationnegotiationsUkraine security guarantee
* Ukraine receives robust security guarantee * Guarantor states will be an ad hoc grouping of Europeanstates plus willing non-European states * Ukraine will not seek to join NATO * Ukraine may pursue EU membershipTerritory
* US provides de jure recognition of Russian control ofCrimea * US provides de facto recognition of Russian control ofLuhansk * US provides de facto recognition of Russian-controlledparts of Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Kherson * Ukraine regains territory in Kharkiv Oblast * Ukraine regains control of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear PowerPlant through US control and administration of the plant, withelectricity distributed to both sides, and also the Kakhovka Dam * Ukraine enjoys unhindered passage on Dnieper River andcontrol of the Kinburn SpitEconomics
* United States and Ukraine will implement economiccooperation/minerals agreement * Ukraine to be fully reconstructed and compensatedfinancially * Sanctions on Russia resulting from this conflict since2014 will be removed * U.S.-Russian economic cooperation on energy and otherindustrial sectors(Reporting by Reuters, Editing by Timothy Heritage)