A US peace plan drafted with Russian input has triggered a frantic European rearguard action not just to save Ukraine from a settlement many see as tantamount to its capitulation but to prevent Europe’s wider security interests from being seriously compromised.
While potentially constraining Ukraine’s ability to defend itself, Washington’s original 28-point agreement contained points that appeared to question the US commitment to the Atlantic alliance, constrain sovereign choices by European governments and to allow Moscow to dictate the terms of European defence arrangements.
“This peace plan would have repercussions that go well beyond Ukraine and could haunt us for a long time,” said a senior European diplomat.
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