Reported 28-point plan bans NATO membership and recognizes territorial losses, raising fundamental questions about deterrence, legitimacy, and European security order
Washington's proposal rewards aggression, guts deterrence, and mistakes appeasement for strategy. A freeze on these terms would guarantee the next war.
A U.S.-drafted framework requiring territorial and military concessions, reported to bypass Kyiv during drafting, tests the credibility of sovereignty norms and alliance cohesion.