Revising US peace plan

RUSSIA-UKRAINE: EXCLUDES MOSCOW'S MAXIMALIST DEMANDS

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UP IN THE AIR. Birds fly next to flags of Ukraine and US above the American University Kyiv this week as officials from the US, Ukraine and Europe scramble to revise a peace blueprint.

(AFP)

A surprise US plan to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine stunned Kyiv and Europe last week, as they viewed it as echoing Russia’s demands.

Over the weekend, officials from the United States, Ukraine and Europe scrambled at emergency talks in Geneva to revise the 28-point blueprint.

Moscow, which held talks with Washington in Abu Dhabi this week, described the ongoing negotiations as “serious”.

Though the amended plan has not been disclosed, it no longer includes Moscow’s maximalist demands, which Ukraine saw as a capitulation, according to sources familiar with the talks who spoke to AFP in Kyiv.