Reuters has seen the text of a set of proposals to end Russia’s war in Ukraine that were presented to European officials by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff at talks in Paris on April 17.
The text of the document is published in full with no changes.
These terms represent the final offer from the United States to both sides.
Ceasefire
- Permanent ceasefire
- Both sides immediately engage in technical implementation negotiations
Ukraine security guarantee
- Ukraine receives robust security guarantee
- Guarantor states will be an ad hoc grouping of European states plus willing non-European states
- Ukraine will not seek to join NATO
- Ukraine may pursue EU membership
Territory
- US provides de jure recognition of Russian control of Crimea
- US provides de facto recognition of Russian control of Luhansk
- US provides de facto recognition of Russian-controlled parts of Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Kherson
- Ukraine regains territory in Kharkiv Oblast
- Ukraine regains control of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant through US control and administration of the plant, with electricity distributed to both sides, and also the Kakhovka Dam
- Ukraine enjoys unhindered passage on Dnieper River and control of the Kinburn Spit
Economics
- United States and Ukraine will implement economic cooperation/minerals agreement
- Ukraine to be fully reconstructed and compensated financially
- Sanctions on Russia resulting from this conflict since 2014 will be removed
- U.S.-Russian economic cooperation on energy and other industrial sectors