Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned the U.S. authorities's reported peace proposal for Ukraine on April 24, calling it a reward for aggression after a Russian missile assault killed not less than 12 civilians and injured 90 in Kyiv.
Johnson, as soon as a vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to finish the conflict, criticized the reported phrases of the plan as deeply flawed.
"(Russian President Vladimir) Putin indiscriminately butchers extra Ukrainian civilians, killing and injuring 100 in Kyiv, together with youngsters. And what’s his reward below the most recent peace proposals?" Johnson wrote on X.
He pointed to provisions that will permit Russia to retain sovereign Ukrainian territory seized by drive, block Ukraine from becoming a member of NATO, and carry sanctions in opposition to Moscow.
"As for Ukraine – what do they get after three years of heroic resistance in opposition to a brutal and unprovoked invasion?" Johnson stated. "What’s their reward for the appalling sacrifices they’ve made – for the sake, as they’ve endlessly been informed, of freedom and democracy all over the world?"
Commenting on a proposed U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal, he stated that "aside from the appropriate to share their pure sources with america, (the Ukrainians) get nothing."
The U.S. peace proposal — first reported by the Wall Road Journal on April 20 — was introduced throughout a closed-door assembly in Paris on April 17 and confirmed by Western officers.
The plan reportedly contains U.S. recognition of Russia's unlawful 2014 annexation of Crimea and a everlasting ban on Ukraine becoming a member of NATO, two of the Kremlin's core calls for.
Johnson warned that accepting such phrases would permit Russian troops to regroup and launch one other assault.
"If we’re to stop extra atrocities by Putin, then we will need to have a long-term, credible, and above all correctly funded safety assure for Ukraine — a assure issued by the UK, the US, and all Western allies."
Ukraine has firmly rejected negotiating its territorial integrity below stress. "This violates our Structure. That is our territory, the territory of the individuals of Ukraine," President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on April 22.
Trump has denied that his administration is pressuring Ukraine to just accept Crimea as Russian territory. "No person is asking Zelensky to acknowledge Crimea as Russian Territory," he wrote on Reality Social on April 23.
Trump responded to Russia's lethal assault on Kyiv by writing that he was "not pleased with the Russian strikes," calling them "not essential" and "very unhealthy timing."
He urged Putin to "cease" and "get the peace deal executed," however stopped in need of any condemnation or menace of penalties.
Ukraine has already agreed to a U.S.-backed 30-day ceasefire, first proposed on March 11 in Jeddah. Moscow has refused to affix, persevering with its offensive operations throughout the entrance line.
The Kyiv IndependentYuliia Taradiuk