Warsaw (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Polish President Karol Nawrocki said that any peace plan for Ukraine to end the Russian war must be accepted in Kyiv.
As reported by Reuters, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has received a signal from the United States that Ukraine must agree to a framework drafted by the United States to put an end to the conflict with Russia, which calls for Kyiv to cede territory. According to the sources, Washington wants Kyiv to acknowledge the key points.
“It was Ukraine that fell victim to Putin’s criminal aggression, and it is Ukrainians, with the support of the United States and EU countries, who must have the decisive voice in peace talks,”
Nawrocki said, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“The price of peace cannot in any way be the achievement of strategic goals by the aggressor, and the aggressor was and remains the Russian Federation,”
he added.
What concerns did Poland outline about bypassing European input?
Moreover, Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz stated on Saturday that the United States has not yet consulted European nations regarding the Ukraine peace agenda.
“Neither Poland nor any other European state – and this refers to Europe, to the European Union and European leaders – have been in any way consulted about this plan,”
Kosiniak-Kamysz said in an interview for RMF FM.
Furthermore, the minister stressed that
“it’s impossible to talk about a just peace without Ukraine accepting it,”
and stressed that Poland will support Ukraine regardless.
“We are here to support Ukraine, not to advise it or tell it what to do,”
he stated.
How does the US plan reshape Ukraine’s military and security?
As reported by CNN, Washington’s 28-point peace plan calls for Ukraine to make major concessions in order to put an end to the conflict. These concessions include ceding territory (Crimea, Luhansk, and Donetsk) to Russia, accepting military size reductions (from approximately 880,000 to 600,000 personnel), renouncing aspirations to join NATO, and holding elections within 100 days.
The plan also calls for coordinated responses to any future Russian incursions, a comprehensive non-aggression pact between Russia, Ukraine, and Europe, and the partial lifting of sanctions against Russia in exchange for long-term economic agreements. Certain points call for the establishment of humanitarian measures, such as prisoner exchanges, and the withdrawal of Russian forces from specific areas they have captured.
