Would Moscow accept the EU's counterproposal to the US-Russia plan for Ukraine?

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Would Moscow accept the EU's counterproposal to the US-Russia plan for Ukraine?   US and Ukraine delegations stated that they have achieved “meaningful progress toward aligning positions and identifying clear next steps” for a deal to put an end to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. What has changed compared to the initial plan, and would Moscow agree to the new proposal?   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/24/would-moscow-accept-the-eus-counterproposal-to-the-us-russia-plan-for-ukraine  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Over the weekend, the European Union has reportedly released a counter-proposal

00:05in response to the initial U.S.-Russia framework, which was leaked last week.

00:11Now, the EU's plan includes major adjustments, including Ukraine's military captured 800,000 troops

00:19in peacetime rather than just 600,000 troops in the initially proposed plan.

00:25There is also a significant change regarding Kyiv's NATO aspirations.

00:30Ukraine joining NATO falls on consensus and agreement among the alliance's members

00:35instead of NATO committing to not accepting Ukraine.

00:40Notably, there is also a point about NATO troops not being stationed on the territory of Ukraine

00:45under its command, but specifically in peacetime.

00:49One of the most important aspects of any possible deal for Kyiv concerns Russia's occupied territories of Ukraine

00:59and the EU-led leaked plan drops the recognition of temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine,

01:05which was included in last two weeks' U.S.-Russia framework.

01:10Now, the territory in question is Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk region,

01:15which altogether make up the region of Donbass.

01:18Moscow renewed its assaults against Ukrainian troops and Ukraine's territory in the region of Donetsk,

01:25specifically when it comes to the city of Pokrovsk.

01:29But according to the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War,

01:33even with the current pace and currently dedicated massive resources,

01:39Russian forces could seize the rest of Donetsk region only by August 2027.

01:46Most importantly, the leaked EU-led proposal brings back the idea of first having a ceasefire

01:53at the current contact line and then for Ukraine and Russia to start the negotiations

01:59regarding the rest of the possible deal, including the temporarily occupied territories.

02:03But this is the aspect that Moscow has been rejecting from the very beginning.

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