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 no 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 struggle, 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 underneath the most recent peace proposals?" Johnson wrote on X.
He pointed to provisions that will enable Russia to retain sovereign Ukrainian territory seized by power, block Ukraine from becoming a member of NATO, and carry sanctions towards Moscow.
"As for Ukraine – what do they get after three years of heroic resistance towards a brutal and unprovoked invasion?" Johnson mentioned. "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 mentioned that "other than the proper to share their pure sources with the US, (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 consists of 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 enable 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 underneath stress. "This violates our Structure. That is our territory, the territory of the folks of Ukraine," President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned on April 22.
Trump has denied that his administration is pressuring Ukraine to simply accept Crimea as Russian territory. "No one 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 crucial" and "very unhealthy timing."
He urged Putin to "cease" and "get the peace deal performed," however stopped wanting 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
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