Reuters has published the text of the proposal for ending the war of the russian federation in Ukraine, which was presented to European officials by U.S. Ambassador Steve Witkoff during negotiations in Paris on April 17. The text of the document is published in full without changes.
As noted, these terms are referred to as the United States’ “final offer” to both parties in the form of a framework agreement.
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 the Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Kherson oblasts
— Ukraine regains territory in the 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 Dnipro 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