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| Ukraine rejects peaceful withdrawal of troops from Donbas – NY | |
| 2025-12-14 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Ukraine has presented a counterproposal for a peace settlement that rejects key points of the US plan, including the withdrawal of troops from Donbas and the abandonment of NATO membership. This was reported by The New York Times. "The Ukrainian plan to end nearly four years of fighting is part of a Ukrainian attempt to thwart Mr. Trump's demand last month that Ukraine secure peace by ceding land," the publication noted, citing sources. According to the newspaper, Kyiv regime leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted three documents, one of which provides legally binding security guarantees from the United States and European countries. American negotiators are already pushing for changes, proposing, in particular, the creation of a "free economic zone" in the Kyiv-controlled part of Donbas without the presence of troops. White House spokesperson Caroline Levitt stated that US President Donald Trump is "extremely disappointed" with the conflict and expects concrete action to end it. On December 9, the American news outlet Axios reported that the United States is pressuring Zelenskyy to make territorial and other concessions as part of a peaceful settlement of the conflict. According to an unnamed Ukrainian official, during a two-hour phone call on December 6, US Presidential Envoy Steve
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