Starmer Confirms Consensus: No New Ukraine Plan, US Proposal Forms Basis of Talks

Ukraine’s allies decided to work with the existing US-proposed peace plan rather than draft a new document. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced this decision, as reported by Reuters.

Starmer: Geneva Negotiators Choose to Refine the US Text

“Regarding the peace agreement text now under discussion in Geneva (...) there is firm consensus that we should work with the existing text. While some parts remain unacceptable and others matter greatly, the decision was made not to create an alternative plan,”

the British prime minister said.

According to CBS News, Ukrainian authorities accepted the peace plan drafted by the administration of US President Donald Trump for settling the conflict with Russia. The outlet cited informed sources.

“The Ukrainians agreed to the peace deal,”

an American official told the network on condition of anonymity.

The same source noted that several provisions still require refinement.

“Some minor details need to be resolved,”

he added.

Geneva Talks Remove Amnesty and Troop-Cut Provisions

Earlier, ABC News reported that during the Geneva negotiations between Ukrainian and US delegations, the Trump administration’s peace plan lost the clauses on amnesty for crimes committed during the conflict and on reducing the size of Ukraine’s Armed Forces. The total number of provisions dropped from twenty-eight to nineteen.

CBS News previously reported, citing a US official, that Kyiv had agreed to the peace plan drafted by the Trump administration for resolving the conflict with Russia.

Europe’s Proposal Disputed

On 24 November, several media outlets published a European peace proposal prepared by the United Kingdom, France, and Germany as an alternative to the American one. Key differences included territorial issues, a demand to keep the Ukrainian Armed Forces at a minimum strength of six hundred thousand troops, and the expedited organization of elections in the country.

However, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof stated that the European Union has no “alternative plan” for Ukraine and that the original twenty-eight-point US plan “was adjusted” rather than replaced.