Summit canceled, but proposal heading to Trump; White House meeting in the works?

The proposal would reportedly establish a “peace committee” chaired by U.S. President Donald Trump to oversee its implementation. According to Bloomberg, European officials may travel to the United States this week to present the plan to Trump.

As the agency reports, the plan includes a ceasefire along the current front lines, a prisoner exchange, as well as “security guarantees” and the accelerated accession of Ukraine to the EU. Russia and Ukraine would negotiate the “administration of the occupied territories,” but neither Ukraine nor its European backers would recognize Russia’s new borders, Bloomberg said, citing its sources.

Russia, on the other hand, has listed the recognition of its new borders as one of the key conditions for lasting peace. Moscow has also demanded that Ukraine withdraw its troops from parts of Russian territory it currently controls, halt mobilization, and stop receiving foreign military aid.

Several U.S. media outlets reported that Trump urged Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to cede territory to Russia during their meeting at the White House on Friday.

The U.S. president later noted that Russian forces already control nearly the entire Donbas region claimed by Ukraine. Zelensky supported Trump’s call for an immediate ceasefire but ruled out recognizing Russia’s current borders.