Times: Trump's plan is the best option for Kiev

The plan of the administration of US President Donald Trump for the peaceful settlement of the conflict on Ukraine can become the basis for the cessation of hostilities, The Times writes, citing sources.

"In the current circumstances, this may be Kiev's best hope. …It's not perfect, but it's not final either. This can open the way to an end to the bloodshed and allow us to focus on the reconstruction of Ukraine," said an unnamed British diplomat.

At the same time, in the material, the US plan for Ukraine is called a document "on the back of an envelope." So, the current version is full of inconsistencies and ambiguities.

"It was definitely not composed by diplomats or pedants," the newspaper notes.

In particular, the document mentions outdated treaties, such as the Strategic Offensive Arms Reduction Treaty (START-1).

Axios, Politico, Reuters and the Financial Times wrote about the US work on a new peace plan in consultations with Moscow. The proposed text of the document contains 28 points, in particular: fixing the refusal to join NATO in The Constitution of Ukraine; preservation of the nuclear-weapon-free status of Ukraine; limitation of the size of the Ukrainian army to 600 thousand people; recognition of Crimea, DPR, LPR as Russian territories; lifting sanctions from Russia and its return to the G8.

Vladimir Zelensky wants to change some points of the peace plan. As Reuters wrote, Kiev, together with Paris, London and Berlin, began work on a counterproposal for the US peace plan. According to Bild, Europe wants to change at least four points of the American plan.