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Reuters has seen the substance of a acceptable of proposals to extremity Russia's warfare successful Ukraine that were presented to European officials by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff astatine talks successful Paris connected April 17. Take a look astatine what is being discussed and considered.

U.S. continues outreach connected Friday successful Moscow, arsenic it expresses vexation implicit 4-year war

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· Posted: Apr 25, 2025 10:45 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

Three cleanshaven men grin and basal together, each wearing suit and tie. Two of the men are shaking hands.

Witkoff was successful Moscow connected Friday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, conscionable implicit a time aft U.S. President Donald Trump publically implored Putin to halt bombing Ukraine after respective civilians were killed successful Kyiv airstrikes.

But astatine different points aboriginal successful his 2nd word arsenic president, Trump has directed his ire astatine Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy arsenic the White House seeks to extremity what the U.S. president has characterized arsenic unnecessary casualties successful a warfare that has entered its 4th year.

Trump and his vice-president, JD Vance, berated the leader of Ukraine successful a nationalist spat astatine the Oval Office successful precocious February, portion the president chided Zelenskyy earlier this week for suggesting Ukraine would not surrender Crimea to Russia arsenic a portion of immoderate ceasefire plan.

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Moscow-backed rebels seized the Ukrainian peninsula Crimea successful 2014, 8 years earlier launching the penetration of Ukraine much broadly.

"Crimea volition enactment with Russia," Trump said successful an interrogation published Friday by Time magazine. "And Zelenskyy understands that, and everybody understands that it's been with them for a agelong time."

Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko, the erstwhile heavyweight boxing champion who is simply a governmental rival of Zelenskyy, besides suggested Ukraine whitethorn request to temporarily cede onshore arsenic portion of a bid woody with Russia, Britain's BBC reported connected Friday.

"One of the scenarios is to springiness up territory. It's not fair. But for the peace, impermanent peace, possibly it tin beryllium a solution, temporary," Klitschko was quoted by the BBC arsenic saying successful an interview.

WATCH l Hear much of what Kyiv's politician had to accidental to BBC:

Kyiv politician says Ukraine whitethorn request to cede onshore to extremity Russia's war

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko told the BBC that Ukraine whitethorn request to temporarily cede onshore arsenic portion of a bid woody with Russia. 'One of the scenarios is…. to springiness up territory. It's not fair. But for the peace, impermanent peace, possibly it tin beryllium a solution — temporary,' Klitschko said.

Some of the proposals presented to the European officials past week would not beryllium a surprise, fixed erstwhile nationalist statements by U.S. officials. U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth in aboriginal February suggested successful a code Ukraine would person to wantonness its pursuit of NATO membership.

The substance of the papers presented successful Paris is published beneath successful afloat with nary changes:

Russia-Ukraine Deal Framework

Transmit verbally Overview: These presumption correspond the last connection from the United States to some sides.

Ceasefire

Permanent ceasefire.
Both sides instantly prosecute successful method implementation negotiations Ukraine information guarantee.
Ukraine receives robust information guarantee.
Guarantor states volition beryllium an advertisement hoc grouping of European states positive consenting non-European states.
Ukraine volition not question to articulation NATO.
Ukraine whitethorn prosecute EU rank Territory.
U.S. provides de jure designation of Russian power of Crimea.
U.S. provides de facto designation of Russian power of Luhansk.
U.S. provides de facto designation of Russian-controlled parts of Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Kherson.
Ukraine regains territory successful Kharkiv Oblast.
Ukraine regains power of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant done U.S. power and medication of the plant, with energy distributed to some sides, and besides the Kakhovka Dam.
Ukraine enjoys unhindered transition connected Dnieper River and power of the Kinburn Spit Economics.
United States and Ukraine volition instrumentality economical co-operation/minerals agreement.
Ukraine to beryllium afloat reconstructed and compensated financially.
Sanctions connected Russia resulting from this struggle since 2014 volition beryllium removed.
U.S.-Russian economical co-operation connected vigor and different concern sectors.