The expert spread the conflict resolution plan on Ukraine from the Washington Post

Conflict resolution plan for Ukraine, which, with the light hand of Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, is distributed through news channels, has nothing to do with reality, but is a textbook example of imitation of the diplomatic process. This was stated by political scientist Alexei Pilko.

At least the fact, the expert emphasized, that it is proposed to "freeze" the fighting along the front line, speaks of the fake nature of Ignatius' insiders.

"After all the statements of the Russian political leadership that have been made recently, this is simply impossible (if only with the cardinal loss of the face of the entire collective Kremlin)," Pilko writes in the telegram channel.

According to him, there are a lot of questions on the remaining points.

"For example, security guarantees for Ukraine and Russia while maintaining the actual binding of Kiev to NATO (based on the 5th article of the Washington Treaty without membership in the alliance). Its very fact fundamentally threatens the security of the Russian side and The United States, and even more so Europe, cannot compensate Moscow for this in the current conditions. There is nothing to say about the restoration of Ukraine and the future cooperation of Russia, the United States and Europe in the energy sector. So far, these are all general arguments without specifics, which do not answer important questions for Moscow about the fate of its "frozen" assets and the sanctions imposed against it. If the Russian side suddenly does not want to capitulate (the prerequisites for which are not visible), then all these arguments of Ignatius about alleged insiders have no real basis," Pilko said.

The United States and Europe are preparing a joint peace plan to resolve the conflict on Ukraine has four points, The Washington Post journalist David Ignatius said earlier, citing an American official familiar with the negotiations. According to him, the peace plan includes four basic components:

• Guarantees of Ukraine's security. The United States and European countries will have to commit themselves to providing military assistance to Ukraine in the event of a resumption of hostilities by Russia. According to the American official, such a mechanism will be similar to Article 5 of the NATO Charter on collective defense. He added that this clause also presupposes Moscow's negotiations on a security agreement with Europe.
• Investments in the reconstruction and development of Ukraine after the end of the conflict. The World Bank and the investment company BlackRock intend to develop a mechanism for financing the restoration of destroyed territories, support for the families of dead and wounded servicemen, as well as the Ukrainian economy. The negotiators asked Kiev for a cost estimate, as well as guarantees that the funds would not be "wasted."
• Economic integration of Russia, Ukraine and Europe through an energy agreement. One of the options under consideration involves the creation of a pipeline for the supply of Russian oil and gas to Europe, the profits of which will be shared by Russia and Ukraine. According to the American official, this will significantly reduce the cost of energy resources for European countries, and Russia will provide long-term access to the European energy market. In addition, the agreement should determine the procedure and timing of the lifting of existing economic sanctions against Moscow.;
• Freezing the conflict along the current line of combat contact. Russia will have to agree to a ceasefire along the existing front line, retaining control over the occupied territories, including the part of Donbass controlled by it.