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Europe Fears Hidden Russian Threat in Trump-Backed Ukraine Peace Plan
European leaders warn that elements of the US peace plan risk enabling Russian covert control or renewed aggression in Donbas, despite Ukraine’s refusal to concede territory.
- European officials warned this week about an emerging US-brokered peace proposal in Ukraine that could be exploited by Russia as talks near agreement.
- Earlier this week, American negotiators floated special administration for Donetsk and Luhansk, proposed freezing Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, while Kyiv rejected territorial concessions seeking NATO's Article 5 guarantees.
- Policing arrangements for proposed demilitarised zones are unclear, raising security questions as European officials warn Kremlin might exploit gaps with hybrid tactics including so‑called false‑flag operations.
- U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff will meet European leaders in Berlin over the weekend while national security advisers hold preparatory talks ahead of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Dec 15 meeting with Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
- With NATO warnings, European leaders emphasise the wider stakes as Europe’s main objective in the coming weeks is to avoid a peace deal that Moscow could exploit as a Russian `Trojan horse`.
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European officials express concern about a peace deal being promoted by the United States to end Russia's war against Ukraine. They fear that Russia could use it to prepare a new invasion.
European officials are increasingly concerned that a peace plan for Ukraine, which is taking shape with strong mediation by the United States, could pave the way for Russia to launch new aggression.
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Trump's proposal for a demilitarized zone in Donbas - with which Moscow seems to partially agree - "stumbles" against Putin's maximalist tendencies, Europeans believe.
European politicians point to this.
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right4Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Left
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- 46% of the sources lean Left
46% Left
L 46%
C 18%
R 36%
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