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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nPresident Putin continues to push his narrative that NATO\u2019s expansion and Ukraine\u2019s independence pose security threats to Russia\u2014claims the US has now partially acknowledged in an effort to keep talks alive.
In recent days, leaked reports suggest the US may be crafting a new proposal. The broad outline reportedly includes Russia halting its invasion where it stands, dropping its bid to seize the rest of the contested eastern regions\u2014Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson. In return, the US would tacitly accept Russian control over already-occupied areas, and even officially recognize Crimea as Russian territory\u2014something that has been off-limits in past negotiations.
Ukraine, under this plan, would also abandon its aim of joining NATO. The US might also take temporary control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant\u2014currently under Russian control\u2014and provide power to both Ukrainian and Russian-held regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the US is tying this plan to a tough deadline. If there\u2019s no quick agreement, Washington could walk away from the table altogether\u2014an approach backed by both Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Still, the chances of success look slim. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly said he would never accept Russian sovereignty over Crimea. And even if he wanted to, Ukrainian law requires a public referendum to make such a move. European nations have also said they will not support any deal that rewards Russia for using military force to change borders. Legal experts point out that US laws may also prevent recognizing Crimea as Russian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite these obstacles, Western diplomats haven\u2019t entirely written off the idea. One told reporters, \u201cThere is a landing space. It\u2019s just a question of whether there is enough trust between the parties to move forward.\u201d However, the leaked plan leaves out many of Russia\u2019s core demands\u2014such as banning Western military aid to Ukraine or drastically shrinking the Ukrainian military. And there\u2019s still uncertainty over sanctions: when they would be lifted and under what terms. As a Russian saying goes, \u201cNothing is agreed until everything is agreed.\u201d And right now, that finish line still looks far away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April 24, 2025_ Diplomatic efforts to bring the war in Ukraine to an end are accelerating, with high-level talks underway in London and behind-the-scenes meetings happening across Europe and Russia. Yet despite the flurry of activity, major questions remain about whether a breakthrough is even possible. Officials from the US, UK, Germany, France, and Ukraine …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":35293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,37,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headline","category-news","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prahaar.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prahaar.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prahaar.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prahaar.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prahaar.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35288"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prahaar.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35298,"href":"https:\/\/prahaar.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35288\/revisions\/35298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prahaar.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prahaar.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prahaar.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prahaar.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/prahaar.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6000.webp\")
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The gap between the sides remains wide. Ukraine wants a conditional ceasefire now, the US is looking for a quick win, and Russia seems determined to hammer out a complex, long-term agreement\u2014a process that could take months or even years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n