At the negotiations scheduled for April 23 in London, the Ukrainian and European delegations will “face a U.S. proposal” to recognize Crimea as Russian territory and to freeze the current front line, The Washington Post reports, citing multiple sources.
Earlier, Bloomberg reported that the U.S. is prepared to consider recognizing Crimea as part of Russia as part of a peace agreement. According to The Wall Street Journal, this proposal was previously conveyed by the American side to European allies and Ukraine during talks in Paris on April 17.
Ahead of the London meeting, The Washington Post sources indicate that the U.S. proposal includes formal recognition of Crimea as Russian territory by Washington and, eventually, the lifting of sanctions against Russia. In return, Moscow would be expected to cease hostilities in Ukraine.
According to a Ukrainian presidential advisor, the U.S. proposals contain “ideas Kyiv agrees with, and others it does not.”
