Russia rejects reports that US offered Moscow secret Ukraine peace plan
The Kremlin on Friday rejected as a “hoax” media reports that U.S. CIA Director William Burns had travelled to Moscow with a secret peace proposal that involved Ukraine ceding a fifth of its territory to Russia. The Swiss newspaper Neue Zurcher Zeitung’s report, which said Burns had made a secret trip to Moscow last month to put forward the plan on behalf of the White House, has also been dismissed by Washington. Asked whether Burns had travelled to Moscow or put forward a plan that involved Ukraine ceding 20% of its territory, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, “That whole report is a hoax.”
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel, chairman of the 27 EU national leaders, were in Kyiv for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky. EU leaders will promise Ukraine more financial, military and political aid. Talks were to focus on improving access for Ukrainian products to the EU market, helping Ukraine cover its energy needs after weeks of Russian air strikes, new sanctions on Moscow and prosecuting Russian leaders for the war. But the next round of EU sanctions against Russia is expected not to meet Ukraine’s expectations and the EU is not expected to grant Kyiv fast-track to membership while at war.
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