The Kremlin said Tuesday that the initial 28-point peace plan, which emerged last week and was widely criticized as being favorable to Moscow, could be a “good basis” for talks about ending the war in Ukraine.
The 28-point plan, first reported last week by Axios, demanded that Ukraine cede territory to Russia, limit the size of its military, and abandon its ambition to join NATO. But following talks between the US and Ukraine in Switzerland, that plan has since been pared back to a 19-point peace deal more favorable to Kyiv, and some of the most difficult issues have been stripped out, a senior Ukrainian official told the Financial Times Monday.
The Kremlin has since said it favors the initial plan, which US President Donald Trump initially gave Ukraine less than a week to accept. That deadline has since appeared to be shelved.
“Trump’s plan is currently the only substantive one, and it could serve as a good basis for negotiations,” the Kremlin said.
It claimed that the draft of this plan was “based on the understandings reached” between the US and Russia during a summit in Alaska in August.
But the origins of the 28-point peace plan have been disputed. A US Senator described the plan as a Russian “wish list,” and analysts pointed out that the text contained several potential Russianisms, raising questions about which side wrote the draft. However, the State Department has insisted that the plan was authored by the US, “with input from both the Russians and the Ukrainians.”
The Kremlin said Tuesday that there was an “information frenzy” around the peace plan, “with many contradictory data and statements.”
