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30 April 2026
History is repeating itself, and the West must not fall for the same trap twice. The Kremlin’s objective remains unchanged: Ukraine’s subjugation and a pro-Russian puppet regime in Kyiv.
The peace plan as theatre diplomacy
The latest diplomatic talks on the US peace plan have sparked renewed optimism about ending the war in Ukraine. But the reality is grimmer: Russia is preparing to escalate, not negotiate.
Just as Moscow used the Istanbul talks as cover for military build-up, it is now exploiting the US peace plan to weaken Western unity and buy time for its next offensive. Ukrainian leadership has presented a revised 20-point peace plan to the US, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ruling out territorial concessions, stressing that he has no legal or moral right to surrender Ukrainian territory to Russia.
These new dynamics have overtaken the earlier 28-point plan negotiated by US and Russian envoys. President Donald Trump has increased public pressure on Ukraine, claiming disappointment that Zelenskyy has not read the US proposal and asserting that Moscow and even ‘Zelenskyy’s people’ support the plan.
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