European leaders and some U.S. lawmakers intensified scrutiny this weekend of President Donald Trump’s 28-point peace proposal for Ukraine, which the White House said is a pragmatic blueprint designed to halt nearly four years of war and create what officials call a “win-win” security framework for all sides.
The White House said the plan would offer robust security guarantees and broad economic incentives in which both Russia and Ukraine “gain more than they must give,” while both Kyiv and key Western partners said it risks forcing Ukraine into hard concessions, limiting its defensive capabilities, and rewarding Russian aggression.
In a joint statement at the G20 summit in South Africa on Nov. 22, leaders of European Union (EU) institutions, along with France, Germany, Poland, the UK, and others, said the draft “includes important elements that will be essential for a just and lasting peace,” but called it a “basis which will require additional work.”…