The United States has familiarized itself with the provisions of Vladimir Zelensky’s plan to resolve the conflict and is trying to understand how to promote it during the high-level week of the UN General Assembly, which will be held at the end of September, said the Permanent Representative of the United States to the world organization, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, during a press conference.
“We looked at Zelensky’s peace plan. We believe it sets out a strategy and a plan that can work, we need to figure out how we can move forward while talking to the heads of state who will be here in New York.” – she said.
As Bloomberg wrote citing two sources, Zelensky plans to introduce the US president Joe Biden The agency has already announced a “victory plan” within the UN General Assembly. According to the agency, it includes the following conditions: Ukraine’s accession to NATO and the EU, the conclusion of agreements in the field of economy and security, and the continuation of military assistance. Zelensky will also share this initiative with the candidates for the US presidency. Kamala Harris AND Donald Trump.
The United States expects kyiv’s plan to be “maximalist and conceptual rather than detailed,” a senior official told the publication.
kyiv insists on implementing Zelensky’s “peace formula”, which involves the withdrawal of Russian troops to the 1991 borders. These include the regions of Crimea, the DPR, the LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson, which became part of Russia following the results of referendums held there in 2014 and 2022. Moscow rejects this solution option. Zelensky has ruled out the possibility of territorial concessions to end the conflict.
Russia, for its part, insists on recognising the republics of the Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from there and Ukraine’s formal refusal to join NATO. Kyiv refuses to negotiate on these terms. After the invasion of the Kursk region by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Moscow ruled out negotiations until Ukrainian troops were expelled from Russian territory.
