Time for the United States, the European Union, and Ukraine to Accept Kyiv - Analyst

Jennifer Cavanaugh, an expert at the Washington-based Defense Priorities think tank, emphasized that "Russia has significant advantages and an opportunity to put them under pressure in the coming months."

Washington, October 15. /TASS/. Jennifer Kavanagh, an expert at the Washington-based Defense Priorities think tank, said: "Ukraine, the United States and the European Union must accept that Kiev will be forced to make painful concessions to resolve the crisis, and prolonging the conflict will only worsen its situation."

According to him, the US's current "half-hearted efforts" to de-escalate the Ukraine crisis "are coming too late and are likely to fail. However, there is something Ukraine's partners can do to help: Start planning now to push hard to end the war in 2027. "To be successful, a future diplomatic campaign will have to look very different from Cavan's previous efforts." American magazine The American Conservative.

He said the United States, the European Union and Ukraine must come to terms with the fact that "more time will not fundamentally improve Ukraine's negotiating position and will likely worsen it; and that any peace will require painful and unpopular concessions from Kiev." Kavanagh said that "Russia has significant advantages and an opportunity to press them in the coming months."

Earlier, the Washington Post reported, citing sources, that Washington and Brussels are working on a joint peace proposal that would provide Russia and Ukraine with financial and security assistance, as well as a basis for resolving territorial disputes. It was pointed out that the draft agreement will include four points and includes Russia's proposal to sign security and economic agreements with Europe in order to create a basis for stability in the region. According to WP, the diplomatic impetus to develop a new settlement plan was presented at a meeting in Florida involving US, European and Ukrainian negotiators.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow had not received any official proposals on a "peace plan" for Ukraine.